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British Labour Party politician David Lammy (2R) joins members of the Jewish community holding a protest against Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London on March 26, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
March 15, 2019, 1:40 pm
Fewer than half of UK adults understand meaning of ‘anti-Semitism,’ poll finds
In survey by Jewish Chronicle, only 47% of respondents could explain the word; Holocaust Memorial Day Trust laments ‘deeply concerning’ results
By TOI staff
The entrance to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau with the lettering 'Arbeit macht frei' ('Work makes you free'). (Joel Saget/AFP)
January 27, 2019, 9:10 am
One in 20 British adults doesn’t believe Holocaust happened, poll finds
In UK survey to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, 12% of respondents maintain the scale of the genocide is inflated; Holocaust Memorial Day Trust laments ‘shocking’ results
By TOI staff
Photo in the German Federal Archives depicts German Jews leaving Germany in the 1930s. (Courtesy Ethan Bensinger)
February 2, 2018, 2:52 am
UK spy agency celebrates agent who saved 10,000 Jews from Holocaust
Head of MI6 honors work of Frank Foley, a 1930s intelligence officer who issued thousands of visas enabling Jewish Germans to escape Nazis
By Stuart Winer and JTA
February 8, 2013, 2:14 am
British MP takes back anti-Semitic slur… sort of
Facing flak over his criticism of ‘the Jews,’ David Ward says he’d be ‘happy’ to change terminology to ‘the Jewish community’
By Miriam Shaviv
British Prime Minister David Cameron greets Freda Wineman, a French-born Holocaust survivor, Monday in London. (Danielle Manson)
January 22, 2013, 2:20 am
British prime minister salutes Holocaust survivor
In advance of national day of commemoration, David Cameron also meets non-Jewish students who visited Auschwitz
By TOI staff
Israeli soccer coach Avram Grant in 2009 (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
June 8, 2012, 9:56 pm
Avram Grant accompanies England players visiting Auschwitz ahead of Euro 2012
Former Chelsea manager tells players about his own relatives who died at the hands of the Nazis
By AP and TOI staff
Ben Helfgott, the only known survivor of a Nazi concentration camp to compete in the Olympic Games. (Photo credit: Jewishsports.net)
March 6, 2012, 1:23 pm
England salutes 2-time Olympian who survived Holocaust
Ben Helfgott, 82, will receive an award from Communities Secretary Eric Pickles at London’s Jewish Living Expo
By Nathan Burstein
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