Seventy-years on from the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, students across the country have been learning about the importance of remembering the Holocaust.

Millions Jews and minorities such as disabled people were killed by the Nazi regime in Germany, led by Adolf Hitler.

Many were taken to camps before being starved, worked to death or forced into chambers and gassed.

Teenagers at Waltham Forest College marked Holocaust Memorial day, on Tuesday, by burying a time capsule.

Students were asked to write down their hopes and dreams on pieces of paper which were then placed in a time capsule.

The capsule was buried in the College grounds where it will remain for 30 years.

At the Forest Road college, the theme for the event was ‘keeping the memory alive’.

Encouraged by this theme, members of the College’s Student Union organised a remembrance event, which took place in the College’s Student Common Room.

President of the Student Union, Nsimba Batoulonga, opened the event by reminding students of the significance of the Holocaust.

She said: “This is a time for us to remember the millions of people who have lost their lives to genocide. We should also learn the lessons of their experience to inform our lives today."

Penny Wycherley, Principal at Waltham Forest College said: “Tolerance is basic to our human rights; it could have been any of us because we all have different characteristics.

“One of the great things about Waltham Forest College is that there are so many different cultures working together and respecting each other’s rights.”

David Sears, Catering lecturer at the College spoke about the genocides taking place around the globe today.

He also lit a Yahrzeit candle which is used to remember the dead in Jewish culture and traditionally burns for 24 hours.