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Ben Helfgott

Ben Helfgott

1929–2023

Nationality
Poland
Occupation
weightlifter

Sir Benjamin Helfgott (22 November 1929 – 16 June 2023) was a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor, Olympian and champion weightlifter.

Incarceration history

  1. Buchenwald concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  2. Theresienstadt concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Sir Benjamin Helfgott (22 November 1929 – 16 June 2023) was a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor, Olympian and champion weightlifter. He was one of three Jewish athletes known to have competed in the Olympics after surviving the Holocaust, along with French swimmer Alfred Nakache and Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti. Helfgott and his sister Mala Tribich spent their adult lives promoting Holocaust education, meeting with national leaders in the UK to promote cultural integration and peace.

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