[ad_1]
Ministers were left in tears after a Holocaust survivor delivered a speech to the cabinet at Number 10 for the first time ever.
Mala Tribich, 95, demanded that the government’s top ministers do “everything to tackle antisemitism” after being left “shaken to the core” by recent terror attacks in Manchester and Sydney.
Some were so moved by the speech that they had to lower their heads and dry their eyes.
Mrs Tribich had been sent to the Bergen-Belsen death camp with her younger cousin when she was around 14-years-old, spending three months there until it was liberated by British troops.
She told the cabinet, on Holocaust Memorial Day: “I sit before you as one of the last remaining eyewitnesses to one of the darkest chapters in human history.
“I’m here as a representative of the British Holocaust survivor community. For decades, we have spoken to people across the country, sharing our painful memories.
“Soon, there will be no eyewitnesses left.
“That is why I ask you today not just to listen, but to become my witnesses.”
The rousing five-minute speech on Tuesday was met with a standing ovation.
Keir Starmer listens to Holocaust survivor, Mala Tribich. Pic: PA
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told her: “You are the first Holocaust survivor ever to address the cabinet in this country, and so it really is an incredible occasion.
“All of us, myself included, are humbled by your courage and inspired by your story.
“It is our duty not just to hear and listen, but also to act and to absolutely deal with anybody who tries to deny or distort what happened in the Holocaust.”
Ministers give a standing ovation following Mrs Tribich’s…
[ad_2]
