A HOLOCAUST survivor has shared his story in the hope Bolton's younger generation can help spread a message of tolerance and unity.

Harry Bibring spoke of his childhood during the rise of the brutal Nazi regime and eventual escape to England when he visited Turton School.

The 90-year-old's visit coincides with today's Holocaust Memorial Day held to remember the six million Jews murdered and the millions of people killed in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.

The message the Memorial is spreading this year is 'Don't Stand By'.

Speaking at the school yesterday, Harry told the youngsters how important it was to remember the events of the Holocaust.

Harry, who escaped the Nazis in Austria, said: "You will be asking 'why has he come up from London today and going back tonight, what's in it for him?' It is because we have learnt nothing from the Holocaust whatsoever. We have had repeated performances I'm afraid.

"We have to learn that all this comes from prejudice, it is discrimination, hatred. We are one race in this world. Whether you are black, green, striped, whether you're Jewish, Catholic, a non believer, whether you're living in a jungle in a grass skirt. We should be able to live how we want to live. Now I want you to promise you will not stand by and let prejudice happen."

Harry shared his story of how he and his sister waved goodbye to their family to escape the Nazis on the Kindertransport train and the struggle of adapting to their new life and the different culture in England.

Chloe Walker, aged 13, from Bolton, and her friends Fern Deane, aged 14 from Bromley Cross, and Charlotte Devereux, aged 13 from Astley Bridge, came over to thank Harry for his visit and described it as an 'inspiration'.

"It was a once in a lifetime opportunity," Charlotte added.

"The events and history become more real when you've actually spoken to someone who has actually experienced it. we are all human and have a right to believe what we want and that should not be stopped."

Speaking afterwards Harry added: "My aim is to teach young people what can come from discrimination against other people simply because they are different from themselves.

"I have a personal moto, I don't use the word racism, in my book there is only one race, the human race."