Jeremy Corbyn has paid tribute to the millions killed in the Holocaust on Holocaust Memorial Day, describing it as an opportunity to “redouble our efforts to defeat evil and intolerance”.

The leader of the Labour party shared his thoughts in a series of posts on social media.

On Facebook Mr Corbyn wrote: “This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme – How Can Life Go On? – could not be more apt in these increasingly intolerant times.

“I recently visited the Terezin concentration camp memorial. More than 150,000 Jews were sent there including 15,000 children.

“Many were later transferred to certain death at Auschwitz or Treblinka.

“Some children at Terezin wrote poems chronicling their lives in the ghetto.”

He shared the poem of 16 year-old Alena Synkova, who wrote of her desire to be reunited with a loved one.

Mr Corbyn added: “Survivors of genocide do not have their names on memorials. But their stories, their suffering and their courage stand as living testaments to us all to continue the fight against antisemitism and all forms of racism.

“This Holocaust Memorial Day let us remember to never lose our faith and hope for a better world.

“And redouble our efforts to defeat evil and intolerance.”

Today the Labour Leader is attending a HMD ceremony in his own constituency at Islington Town Hall.