Glasses reflect Holocaust horror

Glasses were also donated by celebrities for the display

Over 100,000 pairs of spectacles, many donated by members of the public, have been used in an artwork highlighting the horrors of the Holocaust.

The RESPECtacles display also features glasses donated by a number of celebrities including Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Corbett and Paul O'Grady.

The glasses will eventually be donated through Vision Aid Overseas to help visually impaired people.

The artwork is on display in Liverpool Town Hall's ballroom.

Remember us, and tell your children how we were tormented to death A letter from Kay Fyne's mother

An image of piles of mangled pairs of glasses was one of the reminders of the scale of death and human suffering during the Holocaust.

Ringo Starr, who donated a pair of his glasses when he performed at Liverpool's Capital of Culture opening, said: "Its a cool idea. As soon as I heard about the projects I wanted donate a pair of my own."

RESPECtacles forms part of a series of events leading up to the National Holocaust Memorial Day event on 27 January being hosted in the city at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Paul O'Grady said: "I am delighted at the success of the RESPECtacles project to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a powerful reminder of a time when a lack of respect had evil ramifications."

Kay Fyne escaped from Germany on the eve of World War II

For Kay Fyne, whose parents were killed in a Nazi death camp in Poland, the display fulfils her mother's last wish - for people to know about the horrors they endured.

In her final letter to her children, Ms Fyne's mother wrote: "Pray for us, remember us, and tell your children how we were tormented to death."

Mr Fyne, who settled in Liverpool, last saw her parents at Frankfurt train station when she and her siblings were taken to safety in August 1939.

She was child 9,556, out of 10,000 children taken in by Britain, on the last train to safety.