Czech-born playwright who became the most acclaimed British dramatist of his generation and an Oscar-winning screenwriter
By Gloria Tessler
A wise and witty literary editor who was a superb bridge player and a widely respected and popular columnist
By Simon Sebag Montefiore
“I remember sitting on Liverpool Street station in London, hearing announcements in a strange language seeing children all round me being collected and fearing that I would be left there alone.”
Tributes have poured in from Jewish organisations for this ‘wonderfully kind and gentle woman’
By Siam Goorwich
The French Jewish actor known for playing “baddies” and being a heartthrob to middle-aged women died of cancer at 72
By Eliana Jordan
Royals pay tribute to the Holocaust educator, who has died aged 95
City banker, fencing star and philanthropist who oversaw the completion of the Barbican arts centre
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The so-called ‘lox smith’ of New York City helped turn his parent’s smoked fish store into an iconic and globally-renowned food enterprise
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Polish actress and Holocaust survivor, whose most authentic role as a Catholic girl saved her life
Their story was turned into the Hollywood film, Defiance
Campaigner who gave voice to the grandmothers of Argentine’s ”disappeared”
Northern Ireland’s Senior Crown Prosecutor during The Troubles
By Martin Blake
A Polish Holocaust survivor who escaped the Krakow ghetto by assuming a fake identity as a child
International collector who put his stamp on high end catalogue publishing
By Julie Carbonara
Historian and educator who resurrected “the dying narrative of Jewish history”
The footballing great played for clubs including Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace
By Jamie Shapiro
