Holocaust Memorial Day County Hall – Mold

A special memorial service has taken place at County Hall in Mold today (Tuesday January 27) to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2015: Keep the Memory Alive.

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place on 27 January each year. 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and also the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia.

Led by the Chairman of Flintshire County Council, Councillor Glenys Diskin, the service was attended by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Aaron Shotton, County Councillors and Council employees and featured a number of guest speakers, including Lord Barry Jones and Lady Janet Jones, Tim Feak of the Church in Wales, Flintshire County Council’s Chief Executive, Colin Everett and Councillor Andy Dunbobbin, Flintshire’s Armed Forces Community Covenant Champion. Pupils from Flint High School also attended. The school was chosen as one of only 70 venues across the whole of the UK to host a specially designed 70th anniversary candle and pupils shared their candle at the service.

Councillor Diskin said:

“As Chairman of Flintshire County Council I am honoured that we have hosted this special memorial service today. Holocaust Memorial Day is a time to come together and remember the past and to consider the part we can play in challenging hatred and creating a safer, better future.

“It is not just for ourselves that we keep the memory alive but for the generations who follow. Flint High School is an excellent example of this and I am very pleased that their students were able to join us today.”

For more information please visit the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website at http://hmd.org.uk