These images and were taken by YEP snapper Steve Riding when he joined a city delegation on a journey of remembrance and defiance to the concentration camp in Poland in September 2004. The majority of the 180-strong delegation were Jewish and many had relatives slaughtered by the Nazis in mass shootings and gas chambers. They included Leeds-based survivor Arek Hersh. READ MORE: Intriguing pictures show life in Leeds during the 1950s
13. From Leeds to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Arek Hersh talks about life in Auschwitz-Birkenau Photo: Steve Riding
14. From Leeds to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Henriette Lee walks back down the railway line - a walk never completed by her grandparents. Photo: Steve Riding
15. From Leeds to Auschwitz-Birkenau
An electric fence used to stop prisoners escaping at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photo: Steve Riding
16. From Leeds to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Joshua Jacobs, Ben Buck and Ben Jacobs by the pond where the ashes of the prisoners were scattered. Photo: Steve Riding
17. From Leeds to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Members of the delegation by the shower rooms and toilets. Photo: Steve Riding
18. From Leeds to Auschwitz-Birkenau
The delegation hold a service by the destroyed crematoria. Pictured, at the front, are Rabbie Mendel Sufrin, Rabbi Daniel Levy, Arek Hersh and Rabbi Shalom Krafchik. Photo: Steve Riding