23/04/2025
Norwich, GB 13 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

SIR BEN HELFGOTT, aged 93

After just surviving the Holocaust he came to Britain as one of the Windemere Children and went on to represent GB at two Olympic Games as a weightlifter.

DAVID DUSHMAN, aged 98

Fencing played a big part in his life. He was the man who liberated Auschwitz – and went on to coach the USSR fencing team in the Olympics.