York Minster Sees Lighting of 600 Candles For Holocaust Memorial Day

YORK, ENGLAND - JANUARY 24: Friends Miryam Barkari-Singer (L), 10 and Faith Bowerman, 11, from York sit on the floor as six hundred candles set out on the floor in the form of the Star of David are lit during a special event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day at Chapter House in York Minster on January 24, 2018 in York, England. The ceremony in the Minster is part of a week-long programme of events across the City of York, the UK and internationally, making Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27. The Holocaust genocide took place during World War II in Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany where aided by its collaborators they systematically murdered some six million European Jews. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)