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Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots

Jewish organisations said the vandalism was 'horrifying' and 'shameful'

By Richard Percival

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Paris Holocaust memorial vandalised as city rocked by riots
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

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

British athletes pay respects to Jews murdered during Holocaust at Auschwitz

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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

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They're playing Nazis in my grandparents' Polish homeland

They're playing Nazis in my grandparents' Polish homeland

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Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott

Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott

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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)

We were lucky to know Sir Ben Helfgott

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By Angela Cohen MBE

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

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June 16, 2023 16:23
Sir Ben was, without question, the most incredible man I’ve ever met
Rob Rinder

By Rob Rinder

Ben Helfgott gifted me an understanding of the Shoah that was unforgettable

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June 16, 2023 15:51
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

By Olivia Marks-Woldman

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June 16, 2023 13:40
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

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June 16, 2023 11:40
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

By Tash Mosheim

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June 15, 2023 14:06
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

By Daniel Ben-David

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June 15, 2023 11:01
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

By Daniel Ben-David

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June 14, 2023 15:05
Gdańsk. Powrót w przestrzeń publiczną Pomnika Kindertransportów

German curator returns silver heirlooms confiscated by the Nazis to Jewish families

By JC Reporter

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June 13, 2023 09:58
German curator returns silver heirlooms confiscated by the Nazis to Jewish families

Canadian auction site under fire for selling items linked to Holocaust

By JC Reporter

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June 12, 2023 14:48
Canadian auction site under fire for selling items linked to Holocaust
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