Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled a specially minted commemorative medal to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust.
Minted medals - commissioned by the Holocaust Educational Trust, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Mr Osborne – were presented to Shoah survivors at a Downing Street reception on Tuesday evening.
Struck by the Royal Mint, it features the words "Liberation 1945" on one side, and a commemoration to the 11th Armoured Division of British forces which liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on the other. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis assisted in the design process.
The reception heard testimony from survivor Gena Turgel, who recalled her experience of being sent to Bergen-Belsen.
