An Auschwitz survivor is to give a talk in Worcester to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

Dr Mindu Hornick MBE, 92, will give a talk at Guildhall on January 27, speaking of her experience surviving both the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and a slave labour facility during World War Two.

She has spent the last two decades educating audience about the dangers of intolerance and growing levels of islamophobia and anti-semitism and was this year recognsied in the Queen’s New Years Honours List.

Mayor of Worcester, councillor Stephen Hodgson, said: “It will be a great honour to attend this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day event and to listen to the moving personal testimony of Dr Mindu Hornick.

“It is essential that we commemorate and remember all those who suffered and died in the Holocaust – and that we all take this opportunity to vow that this will never be allowed to happen again.”

Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and offers a chance to remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust along with the millions of people killed in Nazi Persecution and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur

Dr Hornick’s talk will form part of an event organised by Worcestershire Inter Faith Forum with support from Platform Housing Group, University of Worcester and Worcester City Council.

Tom Piotrowski, diversity and inclusion manager at Platform, said: “As a housing association we stand firmly by our commitment to challenge hatred and intolerance in all forms.

“We understand that whilst our main focus is on providing homes, we also help build communities, promote dialogue and ensure people from different backgrounds get on with each other.”

In 2018 Dr Hornick was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Worcester in recognition of her work, and many students are expected to attend the event.

Professor David Green, vice chancellor and chief executive, said: “We are very pleased to be part of this city-wide event.

“We are delighted that Mindu will be in Worcester again for this year’s Memorial event to spread the message that this must never happen again and that racism and antisemitism are truly evil and damage all humanity.”

A limited number of free tickets are available on a first-come first-served basis, available from the Tourist Information Office at the Guildhall or by emailing civicoffice@worcester.gov.uk.