LONDON  (EJP)---British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday met with Holocaust survivor Trude Levi at 10 Downing Street to pledge his support for Holocaust Memorial Day.  

At the meeting, the Prime Minister signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment. 

This Book, placed each year in the House of Commons, gives MPs the opportunity to remember the Holocaust and join together in offering a united pledge to fight all forms of prejudice and hatred.

"Thank you for your work in reminding us and generations to come of an event in the history of mankind that we must never forget," Cameron wrote on signing the Book of Commitment.

"For some the passing of years and the fact there are now fewer survivors left means this is less significant,  it is in fact more important than ever that we recall what happened and the terrible consequences," he continued.

"As well as recalling the dreadful suffering and murder in the ghettos and camps we must also remember the genocide and hatred in our world today. From learning our history we must pledge that it should not be repeated," the Prime Minister added. 

Holocaust survivor Trude Levi said: "I have always felt it was so important to relate what happened to me in the Holocaust in the hope it will make future generations think about the consequences of prejudice and discrimination and help prevent it happening again.  

She said "it is important on Holocaust Memorial Day that we remember all those who lost their lives but we should also remember the beauty of this world and ensure we do everything we can to safeguard it." "We are all individuals with feelings and sensibilities and we should treasure those differences and respect each other for them." 

Monday’s meeting was attended by Lord Janner, chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust, Lord Hunt of Wirral, Vice President of the Trust, Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Trust and by two student ambassadors from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy in Lewisham, South London.

The students, Andrea Baptiste and Adam Laidovci, have visited the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as part of the Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz Project.