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Rob Rinder

Ben Helfgott gifted me an understanding of the Shoah that was unforgettable

Rob Rinder met Sir Ben while filming a documentary about his grandfather

By Rob Rinder

1 min read
Polish-born Holocaust survivors Ben Helfgott, 84, poses for a photograph in London on May 5, 2014, as he arrives to attend The Holocaust Commission consultation event. Hundreds of survivors of the Holocaust will give their views on how the Holocaust should be remembered in Britain to inform recommendations the Commission will make to the Prime Minister in December. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 24: British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg greet representatives from the Holocaust Educational Trust including Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott (c) before signing a Book of Commitment pledging their support and commitment to remembering the Holocaust, at 10 Downing Street on January 24, 2012 in London, England. Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg both met with representatives from the Holocaust Educational Trust ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 28. (Photo by Dan Kitwood - WPA Pool /Getty Images)
Ben Helfgott

Sir Ben taught us the importance of teaching the next generation about the Shoah

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

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Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott holds a memorial candle as he stands on the Millennium Bridge in central London on January 27, 2013 during an event marking Holocaust Memorial Day. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

Ben Helfgott was a tireless campaigner for Holocaust education and my hero

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The railway tracks entering the main building at the Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi death camp are pictured ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's landmark visit in Oswiecim, Poland, on December 5, 2019. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will honour Holocaust victims on December 6, 2019 with her first official visit to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, a Nazi German killing factory where more than 1.1 million people, mostly European Jews, perished during World War II. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Holocaust survivors

Germany to give £1.1 billion to Holocaust survivors across the world in 2024

By Tash Mosheim

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Meet the Kindertransport refugee who fled the Nazis and turbo-charged mankind’s journey into outer space
Kindertransport

Meet the Kindertransport refugee who fled the Nazis and turbo-charged mankind’s journey into outer space

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Gdańsk. Powrót w przestrzeń publiczną Pomnika Kindertransportów
Poland

Polish Kindertransport memorial restored to its Gdansk city centre site

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Germany

German curator returns silver heirlooms confiscated by the Nazis to Jewish families

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