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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, signed a Pledge Against Genocide in the form of a large mural artwork.

The mural on the ground outside the city's Philharmonic Hall was dedicated to encouraging individuals to add their support for an end to the systematic destruction of others in the 21st century.

More than 1,600 people, including survivors of the Holocaust, attended the emotional national commemoration service at the Philharmonic which featured personal testimony from survivors and relatives, poetry, music and speeches.

The event in the European Capital of Culture fell on the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Among the speakers were Kay Fyne who came on the Kindertransport before the outbreak of the Second World War and now lives in Liverpool, and the Rev Leslie Hardman, who participated in the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration and led the first Jewish service there.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and a 100-strong community choir performed for the event which explored the Jewish experience of the Holocaust with the theme, Imagine: Remember, Reflect, React.

Liverpudlian actor Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, recited testimonies from survivors.

He explained how lucky he was even to be born as his great-grandparents escaped the pogroms of eastern Europe in the late 19th century and arrived at the docks in Liverpool for a new life.

The Muslim Council of Britain sent a representative to the event for the first time after previously stating it wanted more recognition of recent genocides.