More than 300 people from across Hertsmere converged in Bushey for a candlelit parade and ceremony on Tuesday to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Hertsmere mayor, councillor Carey Keates led the parade from Bushey Country Club, along the High Street and London Road and ending at The Bushey Academy, where the ceremony took place.

This year marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The theme in Hertsmere was Keep the Memory Alive, and the aim behind it was to remember the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides. Those with no direct experience to recall were asked to remember those who were murdered and to honour the survivors.

The ceremony included a two-minute silence and speeches from the mayor and council leader, Morris Bright.

There were also videos, stories and musical performances involving Ilan Galkoff from Borehamwood and the BBC Elstree Children in Need Choir, which has students from Hertswood Academy and Cowley Hill Primary School in Borehamwood.

Mayor Keates said: "The candlelit parade and ceremony gave us a fitting opportunity to pause to remember the millions who have been affected by the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides.

"It was clear that everyone felt that the parade and ceremony provided a fitting opportunity for all ages and sections of our diverse community in Hertsmere to understand the relevance of these atrocities, even in modern times."