A sculpture designed by King David Primary School in Manchester has been chosen for a national exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

KDM’s design was selected as one of the “75 Memorial Flames” in a competition run by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, which attracted 300 entries.

It will be displayed at the national Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony on Monday week.

“Flames for the Future” was designed by the school’s art co-ordinator Nikki Bourmad and made with the help of pupils.

Alluding to both the horror of the Holocaust and the brightness of future generations, it is constructed from barbed wire, recalling the concentration camps, and nylon, which was used for parachutes in World War Two.

The art work was inspired by Ed Sheeran’s song I See Fire, with some of the lyrics as well as quotations from Holocaust survivors incorporated into the sculpture. The singer sent the school a signed copy of his latest album.