School visits to Auschwitz

SCORES of schoolchildren from across the Lothians could be given the opportunity to visit one of the most important sites in European history.

The Holocaust Educational Trust has announced a new programme of visits to Auschwitz - the concentration camp where more than one million Jews were murdered - over the next year.

Schools and colleges are being invited to apply for the Lessons from Auschwitz visits, which are condensed into a 24-hour trip to Poland.