Around 70 people in Great Yarmouth have paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.

On Friday, all three Jewish burial places in the borough remained open from dawn to dusk.

Inside the Jewish section of the Old Cemetery by Kitchen Road, dignitaries from the borough council and others paid their respects.

Among those in attendance were councillor Colleen Walker, Great Yarmouth High Steward Henry Cator, the Rev Simon Ward, Great Yarmouth Borough mayor Graham Plant and deputy mayor Penny Carpenter.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: Three graves inside the Jewish section of Great Yarmouth Old Cemetery on Kitchener Road.Three graves inside the Jewish section of Great Yarmouth Old Cemetery on Kitchener Road. (Image: GYBC)

The theme of this year's memorial day was "Ordinary People", highlighting those who let genocide happen, who actively perpetrated genocide and those who were persecuted.

Before Holocaust Memorial Day, Mr Plant said: "The theme this year encourages us to consider how ordinary people, such as ourselves, can play a bigger part than we might imagine in challenging prejudice today."

The town's first Jewish cemetery was based at the Blackfriars Road burial ground, measuring just 13 yards (11.8 metres) by 6 yards (5.4 metres). It is situated on a plot of land beneath the old town wall at Colby’s Gate.

Great Yarmouth Mercury: A grave inside the Jewish section of Great Yarmouth Old Cemetery on Kitchener Road.A grave inside the Jewish section of Great Yarmouth Old Cemetery on Kitchener Road. (Image: GYBC)