The world will stop and remember the victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Taking place on Friday, January 27, the day also marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.
You can join in remembering the six million Jews who were murdered in WWII - as well as other victims of persecution from throughout history and around the world - by lighting a candle in their honour at the Remembering the Six Million website.
The day not only remembers the six million Jewish people who were murdered during the Holocaust and the millions of people killed under Nazi Persecution but also those killed in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Holocaust Memorial Day has taken place in the UK since 2001, with a UK Commemorative Ceremony and thousands local activities taking place all across the UK on or around January 27 each year.
The UK played a leading role in establishing HMD as an international day of commemoration in 2000, when 46 governments signed the Stockholm Declaration.
In May 2005, Holocaust Memorial Day trust was registered as a charity and to date it has overseen massive growth of local HMD activities.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, just west of Krakow in Poland was liberated by the Soviets in 1945.
It is estimated that some 1.1million people were killed at Auschwitz and Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the second world war.
The real number will likely never be known as it is only possible to count the recorded deaths that occurred but many more will have taken place.
Light a candle for the victims of genocide this Holocaust Memorial Day at the Remembering the Six Million website today.
