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Ben Helfgott

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Sir Ben Helfgott MBE (born 22 November 1929) is a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and former champion weightlifter. [1]

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Ben

Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given name Benjamin.

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Helfgott

Helfgott is a surname.

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Herman Rosenblat

Herman A. Rosenblat (1929 – February 5, 2015) was a Polish-born American mythomaniac, who wrote a fictitious Holocaust memoir titled Angel at the Fence,Rosenblat, Herman (2009) Angel at the Fence Berkley Hardcover, purporting to tell the true story of a girl who passed him food through the barbed-wire fence at the Schlieben sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in World War II.

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List of British Jews

List of British Jews is a list of prominent Jews from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting

This is the complete list of Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting from 1950 to 2014.

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List of Holocaust survivors

The people on this list are or were survivors of Nazi Germany's attempt to exterminate the Jews in Europe before and during World War II.

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List of Jews in sports

This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports.

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List of Polish Jews

From the Middle Ages until the World War II Holocaust, Jews comprised an appreciable part of the general Polish population.

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List of sportspeople with dual nationality

The following is a list of athletes with dual nationality.

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Michael Freedland

Michael Rodney Freedland (born 18 December 1934), Debrett's is a British biographer, journalist and broadcaster.

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National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring American Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports.

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Plaistow County Grammar School

Plaistow County Grammar School, also known as "Plaistow Grammar" or "PGS", was a local authority mixed gender Grammar school established in 1945 and located on Prince Regent Lane (A112) in Plaistow, in the County Borough of West Ham and then the London Borough of Newham in east London.

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UK Holocaust Memorial

The UK Holocaust Memorial is a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust that is planned to be built in the southern part of Victoria Tower Gardens in London, United Kingdom, close to the Houses of Parliament.

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1950 Maccabiah Games

The 3rd Maccabiah (המכביה השלישית) took place during Sukkot from September 27 to October 8, 1950.

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1953 Maccabiah Games

Eight hundred ninety athletes representing 21 countries competed in the 1953 4th Maccabiah Games.

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1957 Maccabiah Games

Twenty countries sent 980 athletes to compete in the 1957 5th Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletics competition similar to the Olympics.

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1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958.

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2018 Birthday Honours

The 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Helfgott

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