From CBBC for Holocaust Memorial Day

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Genocide

What is genocide?

Genocide is when a group of people are targeted to be killed because of who they are, such as their race or their religion.

Genocide does not just take place on its own. It’s a steady process, which can begin if discrimination, racism and hatred are not checked.

On Holocaust Memorial Day, we are reminded of what can happen when prejudice and persecution are left unchallenged.

Why is Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January?

The reason it is held on 27 January is because this was the day in 1945 that the soldiers fighting against the Germans took over the largest Nazi concentration camp called Auschwitz-Birkenau and freed the prisone