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James Brokenshire tells survivors he is 'personally committed' to Holocaust Memorial going ahead

Communities Secretary makes pledge on Westminster site during visit to Jewish Care's Holocaust Survivors' Centre

April 3, 2019 12:27
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Housing and Communities Secretary James Brokenshire told survivors today that he was confident that plans for the National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre next to Parliament will go ahead, despite objections from heritage organisations.

Visiting Jewish Care's Holocaust Survivors' Centre in Hendon, Mr Brokenshire said: “I understand there are local concerns with residents but we are working with the council on that. It it is all part of the planning process.”

He was “personally committed” to ensuring the plans to build the memorial in Victoria Park Gardens would proceed.

The memorial would  “underline that sense of remembrance, looking back at the appalling atrocities of the Holocaust, but equally the how we must challenge bigotry, hatred and division".