These images and were taken by YEP snapper Steve Riding when he joined a city delegation on a journey of remembrance and defiance to the concentration camp in Poland in September 2004. The majority of the 180-strong delegation were Jewish and many had relatives slaughtered by the Nazis in mass shootings and gas chambers. They included Leeds-based survivor Arek Hersh. READ MORE: Intriguing pictures show life in Leeds during the 1950s
19. From Leeds to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Susie Nyman films one of the detention blocks. | jpimedia Photo: Steve Riding
20. Have you visited Auschwitz-Birkenau?
Share your thoughts with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | jpimedia Photo: Steve Riding
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