Schools have been invited to take part in educational workshops to learn more about the Holocaust.

Pupils in Years 9 to 13 from eight schools across Stanmore, Harrow and Ickenham will join children from schools throughout Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Berkshire to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

As part of a series of events hosted by Belmont United Synagogue in Vernon Drive, Stanmore, students will attend an educational workshop and listen to a Holocaust survivor recount their experiences.

Participating schools include The Sacred Heart Language College in Harrow Wealdstone, Harrow High School and Park High School in Stanmore, The John Lyon School, St Dominic’s College, St Gregory’s College, and Shaftesbury High School in Harrow and Douay Martyrs School in Ickenham.

Atudents will also participate in a workshop relating historical facts about the Holocaust to contemporary issues such as racism, discrimination, persecution and citizenship.

All the sessions will conclude with reflections from the Synagogue’s rabbi and the lighting of a memorial candle.

The aims of the event are to educate students about the Holocaust, make a connection between the Holocaust and subsequent genocides and invite students to consider their personal responsibility to promote tolerance in today’s world.