Holocaust survivors joined hundreds of people for a vigil at the National Holocaust Commemoration in central London .
Bronia Snow, 96, was transported to England in 1939 and in a speech recalled how terrified she was at arriving in her new home, leaving her parents behind She said she boarded a train and cannot remember 'speaking to anyone, eating anything or drinking anything'.She crossed the border into Holland and was put on a boat to England where she was taken to live with her mother's cousin in Hampstead, London.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis gave a speech at the service where Holocaust survivors were joined by their families. He re-iterated that anti-Semitism has risen over recent months in the UK 'We as a nation will always strive to guarantee that we will remember the lessons of the Holocaust in order to shape our presence and to inform and inspire a better, healthier, more peaceful and secure Britain.'
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