Prince William and Kate attend UK commemoration as Holocaust survivors remember

Prince William and Kate attend UK  commemoration as Holocaust survivors  remember Auschwitz horrors
Kate Middleton  hugs elderly woman  wearing blue  coat

Briefing
Around 50  Holocaust survivors, some of whom told their  own stories, have  held commemorations to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death  camp.
Tova Friedman, 86, recalls her journey  through the camp:  "The cries and prayers of so many desperate women  pierced my soul and haunt me to this  day."
Friedman, who was six when Auschwitz was liberated,  said: "I wonder if I  was the only Jewish child in the  world."
Meanwhile, Marian Turski,  98, whose brother and father were  killed at Auschwitz, says we  must remember the millions who  cannot share what they  experienced.
The BBC's Paul Kirby, reporting from Auschwitz,  said: The words  that resonate here today belong to the dwindling number of  survivors.
The BBC is  commemorating the day with special  programmes on television, radio and  online.
Almost 1.1 million people,  mostly Jews, were  killed at the Auschwitz complex, making it the site of the largest mass execution of human beings ever  recorded.
Live coverage
Broadcast of the UK's Holocaust  Remembrance Day event  begins now.
Eighty years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, survivors and  dignitaries, including members of the  royal family and the prime  minister, attended a  memorial to mark Holocaust  Remembrance Day.
Broadcast of  the ceremony  begins now. You can  log in by  clicking Watch Live at the top of this page.