Mala Tribich

Mala Tribich MBE (born 24 September 1930) is a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and educational speaker.[1][2]

Early life

Tribich was born in 1930 to a Jewish family in Piotrków Trybunalski, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. Her older brother was Ben Helfgott.

During the Holocaust, she was interned at Ravensbrück and later sent to Bergen-Belsen.[3] She and her brother Ben were the only members of her family who survived.

Later life

Tribich has lived in the UK since 1947.[4] She trained as a secretary in London and in 1950 married Maurice Tribich, an architect from a British Jewish family.^[1]

She has given talks at many schools[5] and universities[6] across the UK about the Holocaust.

Honours

Tribich was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours, for services to education.[7]

References

1. Sir Martin Gilbert. The Boys, The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1996.
2. "Mala Tribich MBE". Holocaust Memorial Trust. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
3. Nicholson, Rebecca (28 January 2020). "Belsen: Our Story review – the Nazi horrors that must never be forgotten". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
4. Grossman, Annabel (27 January 2023). "'We suffered quietly': Haunted by ghosts of the Holocaust, survivors return to homes they were forced to flee over 80 years earlier". The Independent. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
5. Bolter, Abby (6 March 2014). "Holocaust survivor describes scenes of 'hell' at Bergen-Belsen death camp to Maesteg School pupils". WalesOnline. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
6. "Holocaust remembered in Oxford: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories". University of Oxford. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
7. United Kingdom: "No. 60173". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 22.