CONCENTRATION Camp survivor Tomi Reichestal will be sharing his life story at St Helens Town hall this morning in a special event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

It is the first of two appearances he will make in St Helens with an event later this evening at the Central Library.

He said: “The Holocaust didn’t start with cattle wagons and gas chambers but with whispers, taunts, daubing and then abuse and murder. One of the lessons we must learn is to respect difference and reject all forms of racism and discrimination.”

St Helens Council is its support on Holocaust Memorial Day by flying the No Place for Hate flag above the town hall.

St Helens Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Housing, Planning and Community Safety, Councillor Richard McCauley said: “Hearing Tomi’s account of his time at Belsen will challenge us all to look at our behaviour towards others and to learn from the lessons of the past.”