West Ham Send Message to Racist Fans with Holocaust Ceremony

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Auschwitz survivor will lead pre-match ritual following anti- Semitic chants at Tottenham

West Ham will commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day today at Upton Park with a reminder to sections of their support that anti-Semitic chanting is unacceptable. The club have invited the Football Association chairman, David Bernstein, the Mayor of Newham and Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper to attend the match against Queen's Park Rangers and mark the occasion by lighting candles before kick- off. Lord Sacks, the Chief Rabbi, has written a piece in the programme emphasising the fact that sport can be a force for good in helping erase all forms of prejudice.

West Ham's decision to honour the …