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Sir Ben Helfgott

Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper stands besides his portrait in an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, of 'Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust'. Picture date: Monday January 24, 2022.

September 13, 2023, 12:10 pm

OPINION: A Rosh Hashanah mission for the future of Holocaust education

By the time new students complete secondary school, the Holocaust will likely have moved out of living memory. We must make sure these stories continue to be told, again and again, writes Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has revealed plans to visit Auschwitz for the first time in 2024

September 12, 2023, 10:25 am

Education secretary Gillian Keegan announces visit to Auschwitz

Gillian Keegan shared details of the trip on Monday evening during her keynote speech at the Holocaust Educational Trust annual dinner in north London.

By Richard Ferrer

Sir Ben and his grandchildren at the National Portrait Gallery

June 21, 2023, 1:37 pm

‘Our dear grandpa Ben will live on inside all of us’

Sir Ben Helfgott’s nine proud grandchildren this week delivered their own moving tribute to “a grandpa who will live on inside each of us”.

By Jewish News Reporter

Sir Ben Helfgott (Holocaust Memorial Day Trust),

June 20, 2023, 8:31 pm

OPINION: Ben was the beating heart of Britain’s Holocaust education and remembrance

We owe it to Sir Ben Helfgott and his fellow survivors to ensure that Holocaust education in this country is strengthened, writes Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl

By Marie van der Zyl

Holocaust survivors Ben Helfgott and Manfred Goldberg besides Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, as he signs the Holocaust Educational Trust (UK) Book of Commitment at City Hall.

June 20, 2023, 11:33 am

OPINION: Ben’s death is a loss to our nation’s moral conscience

London Mayor Sadiq Khan pays his own personal tribute to Sir Ben Helfgott and his legacy.

By Sadiq Khan

Robert Rinder was overwhelmed to meet Sir Ben Helfgott at Schlieben, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, where his grandfather was a forced labourer during the Second World War.

June 16, 2023, 1:04 pm

Rob Rinder’s heartfelt tribute to Sir Ben Helfgott: “His memory and legacy must live in each and every one of us”

The TV star and lawyer met the Holocaust survivor and educator, a close friend of his grandfather Morris Malenicky, for the first time at Schlieben, Buchenwald where both men were both forced to endure hard labour

By Michelle Rosenberg

Ben Helfgott marks Yom HaShoah in Hyde Park.

June 16, 2023, 12:52 pm

OPINION: Sir Ben loved Britain, he loved life and, despite the cruelty he faced, he loved people

Sir Mick Davis reflects on his friendship with Sir Ben Helfgott, who he first met in 2014 when chairing the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission.

By Sir Mick Davis

(l to r) Sir Ben Helfgott, Jan Goldberger and Harry Spiro pictured at a lunch inside Holmehurst, the original Loughton hostel, now a privately owned residence owned by Wendy and Richard Higgins, who opened up their home to a group of 80 members of the '45 Aid Society, including the 3 Loughton Boys and their families as well as other Boys and local dignitaries (credit: Melissa Page)

June 16, 2023, 11:04 am

OPINION: Ben Helfgott’s loss to Holocaust education and commemoration sector is incalculable

‘Ben taught me, guided me, scolded me and laughed with me'

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

Frances Segelman creates live bust sculpture of Holocaust survivor Eve Kugler, June 2023

June 9, 2023, 11:30 am

92-year old Shoah survivor Eve Kugler honoured with live sculpture

Renowned artist Frances Segelman creates bust in front of live audience as part of a series of Holocaust survivor bronzes

By Michelle Rosenberg

Sculptor Frances Selgelman with subject Manfred Goldberg

January 20, 2023, 6:51 pm

Immortalised in bronze: Holocaust survivor who searched for brother for 70 years

Sculptor Frances Segelman creates a likeness of Manfred Goldberg for Yad Vashem Foundation UK

By Brigit Grant

November 22, 2021, 8:38 am

Happy 92nd, Sir Ben Helfgott! Roman Abramovich and Isaac Herzog honour survivor

Israel's president and the Chelsea owner join birthday celebrations for Holocaust survivor turned British Olympic weightlifter at the start of Herzog's official three-day visit

By Justin Cohen

September 6, 2021, 10:29 am

A celebration of survival: ‘We had each other, we were each other’s family’

Beloved survivors Harry Spiro, Sir Ben Helfgott and Janek Goldberger were joined by families of the other 'Loughton Boys' at an emotional reunion organised by the 45 Aid Society.

By Jenni Frazer

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meeting Sir Ben Helfgott during the UK Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony at Central Hall in Westminster, which was broadcast live on the BBC. (Photo credit: Chris Jackson/PA Wire via Jewish News)

June 24, 2021, 4:05 pm

First ever Holocaust Survivor Day recognises their ‘extraordinary contributions’

Inaugural event was held to 'celebrate their lives they built in response to the Holocaust'

By Josh Salisbury

May 16, 2021, 12:21 pm

Exhibition reveals ‘little-known’ story of child survivors in Loughton

Epping Forest District Museum will host the display which charts how in 1945 more than 700 orphans were brought over from Theresienstadt

By Jewish News

From left to right with actors behind them: Chaim (Harry) Olmer / played by Kacper Swietek, Arek Hersh/Tomas Studzinski, Sir Ben Helfgott/ Pascal Fischer (in front of Ben), Sam Laskier (sadly died August 2020)/ Marek Wroblewski, Ike Alterman/ Kuba Sprenger, Tim McInnerny played the part of Leonard Montefiore, Ian Glen - Jock Lawrence, Thomas Kretschmann - Oscar Friedmann, Romola Garai - Marie Paneth (The Lake District Holocaust Project.)

May 4, 2021, 2:08 pm

BBC drama ‘The Windermere Children’ shortlisted for a BAFTA

Sir Ben Helfgott, said the show, which told the story of 300 Jewish refugees brought to the UK after the Shoah, 'beautifully evokes the essence of our experience'

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