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Sir Ben Helfgott

November 25, 2025, 5:19 pm
A legacy worth its weight in gold: Sir Ben Helfgott Day marked in the Lake District
On what would have been his 96th birthday, Lake Windermere school celebrates Olympian who represented Britain after liberation from the Nazi camps
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jeffrey Pinnick receiving receiving an award for lifetime contribution to Holocaust remembrance at Yom HaShoah commemoration in 2016. It was presented by Lord Pickles and Henry Grunwald
October 19, 2025, 5:24 pm
OPINION: It’s hard to overestimate Jeffrey Pinnick’s impact on Holocaust remembrance
He believed deeply that remembrance is not only about the past - it must be about the future, writes Neil Martin
By Neil Martin
Rob Rinder, Ed Balls, and Susannah Reid dancing at the '45 Aid society reunion in 2025 Pic: John Rifkin
May 5, 2025, 6:18 pm
Rob Rinder and Susanna Reid dance with Holocaust survivors at ‘triumph of joy’ reunion
Yvette Cooper hails The Boys as 'cherished and vital part of our history' as 600 survivors and their relatives join UK event marking 80 years since liberation.
By Jewish News Reporter
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
February 1, 2024, 12:18 pm
OPINION: Westminster Holocaust Memorial: Keep calm and carry on
It's a matter of when, not if, the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is built in Westminster, write the sons of the beloved late survivor and Olympian Sir Ben Helfgott
By Maurice Helfgott and Michael Helfgott and Nathan 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
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