'IT'S important people learn about it' - An article about a visit to Auschwitz has inspired one reader to get in touch.

Jack de Carteret, 83, from Weymouth got in touch with Looking Back after reading a recent article about reporter Catherine Bolado’s trip with the Holocaust Educational Trust to the Nazi death camp, published in the weekend magazine on April 4.

The HET works with schools and collages on the Lessons from Auschwitz project – it aims to increase knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust based on the premise that 'hearing is not like seeing.'

Around 200 students from around the South West took part in the one-day trip as part of the project.

The camp saw many groups brought there including Jews, political prisoners, Russian prisoners of war and Roma Gypsies. 1.1 million people were killed at Auschwitz- mainly European Jews.

Mr de Carteret said he felt it was very important that people learnt about what happened at the camps so that it would never be forgotten.

He suggested three books for people to read to learn more: Holocaust Journey- travelling in search of the past by Martin Gilbert, The Musicians of Auschwitz by Fania Fenelon and Shoah by Claude Lanzmann. The book is the text of the 9.5 hour documentary Mr Lanzmann made about the Holocaust. Shoah is the Hebrew word for Holocaust.

Mr Lanzmann didn’t use any recreations or archive footage and instead spoke to witnesses, Jewish, Polish and German.

Mr de Carteret was born in France and evacuated to the UK with his family in June 1940.

He said he read a report about Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and started to learn more, before going to Auschwitz himself.

He said it was important to go because seeing was not the same as hearing about it.

He added that it was important to remember the people.

He said: “I feel it’s my duty to tell people what I have seen. It’s important.”