:00:11. > :00:15.Hayley here, with all your top stories this Wednesday.
:00:16. > :00:17.Today, across the world, people will be remembering
:00:18. > :00:23.It's a chance for people to take time to think about the millions
:00:24. > :00:25.of Jewish people and others who were killed by Hitler
:00:26. > :00:28.and his Nazi party during World War II.
:00:29. > :00:29.Ricky's been finding out what happened and hearing
:00:30. > :00:36.When World War II broke out in 1939, Germany was run by Adolf Hitler
:00:37. > :00:43.Hitler thought Jewish people were inferior and planned ways
:00:44. > :00:49.Anti-Jewish laws were passed and windows were smashed and Jewish
:00:50. > :00:52.people were forced out of their homes.
:00:53. > :00:55.The Nazis rounded up millions of Jews as well as disabled people,
:00:56. > :00:59.gay people and other groups that Hitler thought were inferior,
:01:00. > :01:02.and sent them to prisons called concentration camps.
:01:03. > :01:05.Families were split up and forced to do hard physical work
:01:06. > :01:15.Millions of Jews from across Europe died.
:01:16. > :01:19.It is thought seven out of ten Jews across Europe died.
:01:20. > :01:21.Some children did escape Nazi Germany.
:01:22. > :01:22.Ruth was one of those who managed to escape.
:01:23. > :01:25.Street by street, the Jews were cleared, and any moment
:01:26. > :01:30.We opened the door to a woman from the British Embassy who had
:01:31. > :01:37.She brought the entry visa to Britain, train tickets to get
:01:38. > :01:42.through Germany, through Holland and a ferry to Ramsgate.
:01:43. > :01:45.Heinz also managed to escape the Holocaust.
:01:46. > :01:56.Frank, my brother, was in Leeds and he tried to get me a trainee
:01:57. > :01:59.post and he finally succeeded and we came to Leeds.
:02:00. > :02:09.We managed to get visas for our parents and they came,
:02:10. > :02:11.thank God, because four days later war broke out.
:02:12. > :02:14.Every year people remember those who lost their lives
:02:15. > :02:17.It helps teach us about these terrible events and make sure
:02:18. > :02:20.they are not forgotten so they can never happen again.
:02:21. > :02:22.Gena Turgel was just 14 when her family were rounded up
:02:23. > :02:25.by German troops and sent to a prison called a concentration
:02:26. > :02:28.She was held for two years in terrible conditions
:02:29. > :02:32.She now works hard to make sure people remember what happened.
:02:33. > :02:49.Take me back to when you were 14. What happened to you? The Germans
:02:50. > :02:54.invaded Poland and we found ourselves in Belsen concentration
:02:55. > :03:03.camp and the Nazis came and shouted at us and there were no bunks, no
:03:04. > :03:08.mattresses, no bunks, bare floors. One morning I woke up, stood up and
:03:09. > :03:18.I could not believe my eyes. And the food was very scarce and nobody was
:03:19. > :03:25.allowed to leave. The frost and the fear and the way we felt was
:03:26. > :03:29.impossible to describe. Gena has written a book about her experience
:03:30. > :03:36.and given many talks. She has been given awards for her work, telling
:03:37. > :03:42.young people what happened. What happened to 6 million people,
:03:43. > :03:50.children, innocent grown-ups, so much talent, so many doctors and
:03:51. > :03:56.teachers and scientists and people who could contribute to the world.
:03:57. > :04:03.And all of them, for nothing, killed because they were Jews. This is why
:04:04. > :04:09.I feel it is so important for young people and generations to come to
:04:10. > :04:11.learn about it. We should never allow it again.
:04:12. > :04:13.And go online to the Newsround website to read much more
:04:14. > :04:15.about the Holocaust in our special guide.
:04:16. > :04:18.And at 4.20pm, we'll hear from some children at a school in Manchester
:04:19. > :04:21.who've been hearing from a man who survived the Holocaust.
:04:22. > :04:26.Next, let's look at some other news now, and in tennis,
:04:27. > :04:28.Britain's Johanna Konta is through to the semi final
:04:29. > :04:32.of the Australian Open after beating China's Zhang Shuai.
:04:33. > :04:36.She's the first British woman to get there since 1983.
:04:37. > :04:43.Andy Murray's also made it to the semi finals.
:04:44. > :04:45.He's beaten Spain's David Ferrer in three sets.
:04:46. > :04:53.Now a children's book has won one of the biggest prizes in British
:04:54. > :04:56.writing for only the second time in the award's history.
:04:57. > :04:57.Frances Hardinge wrote a supernatural tale called
:04:58. > :05:00.''The Lie Tree'' which has scooped the Costa Book of the Year.
:05:01. > :05:02.The judges said it was a fantastic story.
:05:03. > :05:17.Thank you very much, and many thanks to the judges for giving the lie to
:05:18. > :05:20.what a lot of us were muttering, that a children's book never gets
:05:21. > :05:24.it. I was one of those people. Thank you all very much.
:05:25. > :05:28.Now have you ever wondered how you have a good wash in space?
:05:29. > :05:31.The problem is that if you pour water on a washcloth
:05:32. > :05:35.So British astronaut Tim Peake's been showing us how it's done.
:05:36. > :05:41.Zoos in China are taking special measures to protect animals
:05:42. > :05:50.One in Shanghai has put a 24-hour heating system
:05:51. > :05:54.The hippo pool is kept at 12 degrees, and at another zoo they've
:05:55. > :05:57.heated plates below ground to keep the chimpanzees cosy.
:05:58. > :06:00.Ricky's back later, so do come back then.