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The TUC is calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) today (Friday).

date: 23 January 2013

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The TUC is calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) today (Sunday).

HMD is held on 27 January every year - on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where 1.6 million men, women and children were murdered.

The day aims to remind people of the crimes, racism and loss of life that took place during World War II and prevent it ever from being forgotten or repeated. It also remembers more recent genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur. The day has been held annually in the UK since 2001.

Alongside the six million Jewish victims of Nazi persecution, hundreds of thousands of others were targeted by Hitler's regime - including union members, lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (LGBT), disabled people, and those attacked simply for their race.

TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: 'The discrimination and hatred that led to the Nazi Holocaust must never be forgotten.

'LGBT and disabled people were among the millions of victims of Hitler's brutal regime, and today they are a vital part of the resistance to modern versions of this hatred.

'Today is a reminder of why it essential that unions continue to play a crucial role in opposing prejudice where and whenever it happens.'

LGBT representatives from the TUC will be taking part in the national commemoration event in London.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

- For more information please visit www.hmd.org.uk

- All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk

- Follow the TUC on Twitter: @tucnews

Contacts:

Media enquiries:
Liz Chinchen T: 020 7467 1248 M: 07778 158175 E: media@tuc.org.uk
Rob Holdsworth T: 020 7467 1372 M: 07717 531150 E: rholdsworth@tuc.org.uk
Alex Rossiter T: 020 7467 1337 M: 07887 572130 E: arossiter@tuc.org.uk

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