More than 300 people from across Hertsmere took part in a candlelit parade and ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Hertsmere mayor, councillor Carey Keates led the parade from Bushey Country Club, along High Street and London Road and ending at The Bushey Academy.

This year marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the theme of this year's commemorations was Keep the Memory Alive.

The aim of Holocaust Memorial Day is to remember the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia.

Those with no direct experience were asked to remember those who were murdered and to honour the survivors.

The ceremony included a two-minute silence and speeches from the mayor and council leader Councillor Morris Bright.

There were also videos, stories and musical performances involving Ilan Galkoff from Borehamwood and the BBC Elstree Children in Need Choir, which has students from Hertswood Academy and Cowley Hill Primary School in Borehamwood.

Cllr Keates said: "The candlelit parade and ceremony gave us a fitting opportunity to pause to remember the millions who have been affected by the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and in subsequent genocides.

"It was clear that everyone felt that the parade and ceremony provided a fitting opportunity for all ages and sections of our diverse community in Hertsmere to understand the relevance of these atrocities, even in modern times."