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Ben Helfgott
1929–2023
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- weightlifter
Sir Benjamin Helfgott (22 November 1929 â 16 June 2023) was a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor, Olympian and champion weightlifter.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Theresienstadt concentration campDates unknown
- Buchenwald concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Sir Benjamin Helfgott (22 November 1929 â 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 Ãgnes 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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