By, Marcus Dysch
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Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel has selected a teenager from Lancashire to join David Cameron's commission on Shoah education.
Charlotte Cohen, 17, was one of a six-strong panel of youth ambassadors chosen earlier this month to work on developing educational tools to help future generations learn about the genocide.
She was picked to become a commissioner this week after impressing Professor Wiesel, a Nobel Prize-winning academic and author, with an essay on keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive. She will take her place alongside the Prime Minister, leading politicians, academics and celebrities.
She said: "I was in a history lesson when I was called out and told I had a call from the Prime Minister's commission. I feel very honoured and shocked. My role is to represent the youth of Britain. It's exciting."
