Minister reveals family connection to Shoah ahead of Holocaust memorial plans unveiling

Mr Brokenshire — who has three children with his Jewish wife, Catherine Anne Mamelok — also accepted it was “vital” that concerns about the design and location of the memorial should be heard in advance of the submission of a planning application later this year. Prominent Ghanian-British architect Sir David Adjaye won the international competition to design the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. 

His design includes a path which leads across a gradually rising hill, affording views out to the River Thames and Westminster.

But earlier this week, it emerged that some had criticised the design, which features 23 bronze blade walls that form 22 staircases and is meant to symbolise one for each country in which Jewish communities were decimated during the Holocaust.