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Candles glow and landmarks including London Eye and Parliament are lit in purple across UK for Holocaust Memorial Day - as Kate and Charles join Auschwitz anniversary services

A display at Piccadilly Circus read 'Remembering the past for a better future' as a hopeful but poignant tribute to the millions who lost their lives in the WWII genocide.

Auschwitz's Death Wall: How the Nazis shot thousands of inmates in front of structure - before Polish Pope John Paul II knelt in the same spot and prayed for peace

It was a truly powerful sight: the Polish pope who had grown up under Nazi occupation kneeling in prayer at Auschwitz's Death Wall. Above: The wall today and John Paul II in 1979.

Auschwitz survivor warns of ‘huge rise in antisemitism’ in speech marking 80 years since death camp’s liberation – live

In moving speech, Marian Turski warns that current conditions are similar to those which led to the Holocaust

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