Weymouth is to remember those who suffered during the Holocaust at its annual service this month. 

Weymouth Town Council will recognise the Holocaust Memorial Day in Radipole Park and Gardens on Saturday, January 27.

The service will begin at 10.30am at the Holocaust memorial tree, planted near Alexandra Bridge, and will be hosted by the town's mayor, Cllr Kate Wheller. 

Her chaplain, Rev Betty Port, will say prayers and a reading, and they will be joined by councillors, honorary freeman, honorary aldermen, and members of the Friends of Radipole Gardens.  

Mayor of Weymouth, Cllr Kate Wheller, said: “This is a poignant service and an opportunity for people to come together and join members of the community in paying their respects to the victims of the Holocaust, and other genocides which have taken place since then. 

“I take pride in hosting this important Weymouth Town Council event, which helps to raise awareness about Holocaust Memorial Day.” 

Holocaust Memorial Day occurs every year on January 27 and marks the anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in 1945.

It remembers the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust by the Nazi's and also remembers people killed in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. 

This year’s theme is “Fragility of Freedom”. The theme aims to highlight that many people in western democracies take freedoms for granted and encourages people to reflect on how these freedoms need to be valued, and how many people around the world face restrictions to their freedoms to live, worship, work and love freely.

Members of the public are also welcome to attend this service and are advised to arrive a few minutes before the start of the event.

For more details about Holocaust Memorial day visit www.hmd.org.uk.