REDDITCH will once again come together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day later this month.

A commemoration will take place at the Holocaust Marker on Church Green with the town’s ‘Redditch Rocks’ group, to remember the millions of people killed in the Holocaust and genocides worldwide.

Residents can make their own contributions by bringing decorated rocks to go on the Holocaust Marker at Church Green.

Decorated rocks can be dropped at the Town Hall by Saturday January 29, to become part of the memorial event that will take place at 10.30am that day.

People will be invited to take a rock away and give it a new home elsewhere in Redditch.

The theme for this year's commemorations is ‘one day’ which asks people to think about what one day in history can teach us, and to imagine one day in a future without genocide.

Cllr Peter Fleming, chair of the Holocaust Memorial Steering Group at Redditch Borough Council, said: “We’ve been delighted by the response of the community to our invitation to come and get involved with Redditch’s Holocaust Memorial Day.

“We’ve seen some great work from local schoolchildren around this year’s theme of ‘one day’ and I’m sure it will inspire some great creativity on the rocks too. It good to have something that everyone can take part in, and it’ll be a visible symbol of Redditch once again marking this important day.”

Cllr Matt Dormer, Leader of Redditch Borough Council, added: “I’d like to thank everyone involved in organising this year’s events as we once again come together at the famous marker on Church Green to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.”

Holocaust Memorial Day exists to honour the memory of all victims of genocide in the world to ensure such atrocities do not occur again.