Mr Ward, who has represented Bradford East since 2010, described Auschwitz as "the Nazi concentration and extermination camp which is the site of the largest mass murder in history" on his website.

BBC: David Ward

It is on this date that the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN DAKAR

The date is of course significant as it was on this day in 1945 that the Auschwitz Birkenau Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp was liberated.

UNESCO: UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013