After Zahava Kohn's mother, Rosy Kanarek, died 10 years ago, she discovered an extraordinary collection of documents, letters, ration books and photographs telling the story of the family's experiences during the Holocaust.

A survivor who was imprisoned and sent to Auschwitz for her efforts to resist the Nazis has warned against comparing the Holocaust with other atrocities.

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, 84, was the main speaker at Tuesday's Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at City Hall, hosted by London Mayor Boris Johnson.

Two student ambassadors from the Holocaust Educational Trust's Lessons from Auschwitz programme addressed the Scottish Parliament on the importance of remembering the Shoah.

Law students Dominic Bradley and Katie McKenna were invited to deliver Holyrood's "Time for Reflection" message, having visited the death camp site in 2010 when pupils of St Ninian's High School in east Dunbartonshire.

As a child growing up in a Romanian village, Leslie Kleinman heard stories about the Nazis from Polish escapees.

"One man said they were pulling children's legs apart and killing them," recalled Mr Kleinman, who was 14 when the Nazis arrived in his village in the spring of 1944. "I thought it was just a story. When I got to Auschwitz, I realised it was true."

Helen Stein was 13 when the Gestapo interrogated her at gunpoint.

"One pointed his revolver towards me. I will never forget. I was asked my name, my address and who organised the journey. And after each question: 'Are you Jewish?' I told them my real name. I told them, 'I'm frightened.'"