A REMEMBRANCE service for the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides will be held at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon.
Basildon Council and Basildon Forum of Faiths will be holding an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27. The theme will be 'Communities Together: Build a Bridge".
There will be a Holocaust survivor guest speaker, readings from school children and the film 'Learning from the Past' which explored genocide atrocities and includes testimonies from survivors.
The memorial event will be held at Mirren Studio, St Martin's Square, Basildon from 3-6pm. An exhibition will also be running from January 21 to January 26 from 10am to 4pm at the Basildon Library.
Basildon Council will pause to reflect on Holocaust Memorial Day with a one minute silence at the Basildon centre on January 25 at 11am. On the same day Mayor of Basildon, Councilor Mo Larkin, will be adding her signature to the Book of Commitment.
The book will be available in the centre's reception area for residents to sign.
Mayor Larkin said: "This year's Holocaust Memorial Day theme asks us to remember and honour the communities that have been destroyed in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
"I therefore encourage residents to visit the exhibition and learn more about the events and pledge to uphold the memory of the millions killed by signing the Book of Commitment."
To book a place at the service email wendy.clarke@basildon.gov.uk or telephone 01268 294681.