Ben – now Sir Ben – Helfgott, is synonymous with Holocaust education in the United Kingdom. An inmate of Buchenwald, Schlieben and Theresienstadt concentration camps, Helfgott survived the horrors of the Holocaust, eventually arriving in Britain at the age of 15. Having taken British citizenship, he represented the country in weightlifting in two Olympic Games; Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960. Helfgott received his knighthood for services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.