CHILDREN from four primary schools were among those who joined a moving ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Ealing.

Ealing’s mayor, Cllr Tej Ram Bagha, and council leader Julian Bell led the ceremony with the support of Rabbi Janet Burden from Ealing Liberal Synagogue on Tuesday.

A minute’s silence was observed and a tree was planted outside the council’s Perceval House offices, Uxbridge Road.

It was in memory of all those around the world who lost their lives as a result of acts of genocide, persecution and torture.

These include victims of the Nazi Holocaust as well as those in Armenia, Assyria, Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Darfur.

Cllr Bell said: “It is vital, and particularly relevant for those residents who have come to our borough to escape persecution, that we reflect on these memories while survivors are still with us.

“I also hope we will pass the lessons of the past on to our children, so that they too will challenge persecution and continue to commemorate this day for years to come.”