Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a specially minted commemorative medal to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. The 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. The guests at the reception heard testimony from survivor Gena Turgel who recalled her experience of being sent to Bergen-Belsen.

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