27/01/2016 Newsround

Hayley here, with all your top stories this Wednesday.

Today, across the world, people will be remembering

It's a chance for people to take time to think about the millions

of Jewish people and others who were killed by Hitler

and his Nazi party during World War II.

Ricky's been finding out what happened and hearing

When World War II broke out in 1939, Germany was run by Adolf Hitler

Hitler thought Jewish people were inferior and planned ways

Anti-Jewish laws were passed and windows were smashed and Jewish

people were forced out of their homes.

The Nazis rounded up millions of Jews as well as disabled people,

gay people and other groups that Hitler thought were inferior,

and sent them to prisons called concentration camps.

Families were split up and forced to do hard physical work

Millions of Jews from across Europe died.

It is thought seven out of ten Jews across Europe died.

Some children did escape Nazi Germany.

Ruth was one of those who managed to escape.

Street by street, the Jews were cleared, and any moment

We opened the door to a woman from the British Embassy who had

She brought the entry visa to Britain, train tickets to get

through Germany, through Holland and a ferry to Ramsgate.

Heinz also managed to escape the Holocaust.

Frank, my brother, was in Leeds and he tried to get me a trainee

post and he finally succeeded and we came to Leeds.

We managed to get visas for our parents and they came,

thank God, because four days later war broke out.

Every year people remember those who lost their lives

It helps teach us about these terrible events and make sure

they are not forgotten so they can never happen again.

Gena Turgel was just 14 when her family were rounded up

by German troops and sent to a prison called a concentration

She was held for two years in terrible conditions

She now works hard to make sure people remember what happened.

Take me back to when you were 14. What happened to you? The Germans

invaded Poland and we found ourselves in Belsen concentration

camp and the Nazis came and shouted at us and there were no bunks, no

mattresses, no bunks, bare floors. One morning I woke up, stood up and

I could not believe my eyes. And the food was very scarce and nobody was

allowed to leave. The frost and the fear and the way we felt was

impossible to describe. Gena has written a book about her experience

and given many talks. She has been given awards for her work, telling

young people what happened. What happened to 6 million people,

children, innocent grown-ups, so much talent, so many doctors and

teachers and scientists and people who could contribute to the world.

And all of them, for nothing, killed because they were Jews. This is why

I feel it is so important for young people and generations to come to

learn about it. We should never allow it again.

And go online to the Newsround website to read much more

about the Holocaust in our special guide.

And at 4.20pm, we'll hear from some children at a school in Manchester

who've been hearing from a man who survived the Holocaust.

Next, let's look at some other news now, and in tennis,

Britain's Johanna Konta is through to the semi final

of the Australian Open after beating China's Zhang Shuai.

She's the first British woman to get there since 1983.

Andy Murray's also made it to the semi finals.

He's beaten Spain's David Ferrer in three sets.

Now a children's book has won one of the biggest prizes in British

writing for only the second time in the award's history.

Frances Hardinge wrote a supernatural tale called

''The Lie Tree'' which has scooped the Costa Book of the Year.

The judges said it was a fantastic story.

Thank you very much, and many thanks to the judges for giving the lie to

what a lot of us were muttering, that a children's book never gets

it. I was one of those people. Thank you all very much.

Now have you ever wondered how you have a good wash in space?

The problem is that if you pour water on a washcloth

So British astronaut Tim Peake's been showing us how it's done.

Zoos in China are taking special measures to protect animals

One in Shanghai has put a 24-hour heating system

The hippo pool is kept at 12 degrees, and at another zoo they've

heated plates below ground to keep the chimpanzees cosy.

Ricky's back later, so do come back then.