An MP has pledged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day in a book signing.

Harrow East MP Blackman signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment this week, honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust.

The signing comes ahead of next week’s Holocaust Memorial Day, on January 27, which will mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

In the weeks leading up to and after Holocaust Memorial Day, thousands of commemorative events will be arranged by schools, faith groups and community organisations across the country, remembering all the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.

Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said: “As we mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust and the liberation of the concentration camps in 2015, it is vitally important that we both continue to remember and learn from the appalling events of the Holocaust – as well as ensuring that we continue to challenge antisemitism and all forms of bigotry.”