Some of Hull’s most well-known buildings are to be lit purple to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD).
Held each year on 27 January, HMD commemorates the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust, and the millions more killed under Nazi persecution.
Those who died in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur are also remembered.
Hull City Council will illuminate city centre buildings in purple light from dusk next Tuesday.
The Leader of Hull City Council, Councillor Mike Ross, said: “Through Holocaust Memorial Day, we will come together to show that we continue to challenge hatred in whatever form it occurs.
“This year’s HMD theme is ‘Bridging Generations’, which is a reminder that the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors.
“It lives on through their children, grandchildren, and ultimately through all of us.
“The theme asks us to engage actively with the past, to learn from the division created by the Nazis, which culminated in the atrocities they inflicted on innocent people.”
Observed across the world, HMD is held each year on 27 January because it marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.
To find out more about HMD, including how to mark it at home by lighting a candle, visit Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Light the darkness.