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The Jewish tennis star banned by the Nazis who went on to play at Wimbledon

Author Felice Hardy on the extraordinary story of her grandmother, which she tells in her new book

By Nicole Lampert

8 min read

The Jewish tennis star banned by the Nazis who went on to play at Wimbledon

Urgent plea to save Jewish refugee's famous ‘Leaning Woman’ sculpture

Urgent plea to save Jewish refugee's famous ‘Leaning Woman’ sculpture

By Richard Percival

1 min read

Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots

Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots

By Richard Percival

1 min read

Anger as Islamist hate cleric who praised Hitler for killing Jews allowed into UK

Anger as Islamist hate cleric who praised Hitler for killing Jews allowed into UK

By Richard Percival

2 min read

British Olympic Association visit to Auschwitz Birkenau at the Krakov European Games.

British athletes pay respects to Jews murdered during Holocaust at Auschwitz

1 min read

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

Quest to discover the lost actress of Vilnius who is full of mystery

By Jenni Frazer

6 min read

They're playing Nazis in my grandparents' Polish homeland

They're playing Nazis in my grandparents' Polish homeland

By Nicholas Lezard

7 min read

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Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott

Forever one of 'The Boys', the Olympic weightlifter who survived Buchenwald and favoured reconciliation between nations

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

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June 22, 2023 13:28

Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott

Daniel Finkelstein

By Daniel Finkelstein

We were lucky to know Sir Ben Helfgott

Now he has gone, we must make sure his story is never forgotten

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June 16, 2023 17:55

Holocaust survivors Ben Helfgott and Sabina Miller stand with a memorial candle on the Millennium Bridge in central London on January 27, 2013 to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Angela Cohen MBE

By Angela Cohen MBE

Sir Ben was, without question, the most incredible man I’ve ever met

Angela Cohen MBE pays tribute to Ben Helfgott

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June 16, 2023 17:23

Sir Ben was, without question, the most incredible man I’ve ever met

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

1 min read

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June 16, 2023 16:51

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)

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

The Holocaust survivor was tireless, charismatic and made an impact on so many people

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

2 min read

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June 16, 2023 14:40

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)

Karen Pollock

By Karen Pollock

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

Holocaust Educational Trust CEO Karen Pollock shares her memories of Ben Helfgott

3 min read

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June 16, 2023 12:40

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)

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

The survivors receiving these payments largely include Russian Jews who weren't in camps or ghettos and aren't eligible for pension programs

By Tash Mosheim

2 min read

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June 15, 2023 15:06

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)

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

Ben Abeles co-invented a thermoelectric generator used to power Nasa's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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June 15, 2023 12:01

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

Polish Kindertransport memorial restored to its Gdansk city centre site

Statue by city boy who fled on last children’s train in 1939 is rededicated in special ceremony

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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June 14, 2023 16:05

Gdańsk. Powrót w przestrzeń publiczną Pomnika Kindertransportów

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