MONMOUTH MP David Davies is supporting the Holocaust Memorial Day, which marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Ausch­witz-Birkenau.

This week Mr Davies signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment in the House of Commons and paid tribute to those who survived and have dedicated their lives to educating young people.

He said: “As the Holocaust moves from living memory into history, it becomes ever more important that we take the time to remember the victims and pay tribute to the survivors.

“It has been a privilege to get to know one such survivor, Mady Gerrard, who now lives near Chepstow. She was originally from Keszthely in Hungary and was imprisoned as a teenager at the infamous Bergen-Belsen camp.

“Listening to Mady’s story makes me realise how lucky those of us who were born after 1945 have been.”

•Holocaust Memorial Day is this Friday, January 27.