Mala Tribich Explained

Mala Tribich (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.

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]

Notes and References

1. [Sir Martin Gilbert]
2. Web site: Mala Tribich MBE. Holocaust Memorial Trust . 9 October 2023.
3. News: Nicholson . Rebecca . Belsen: Our Story review – the Nazi horrors that must never be forgotten. The Guardian . 28 January 2020. 9 October 2023.
4. News: Grossman . Annabel . ‘We suffered quietly’: Haunted by ghosts of the Holocaust, survivors return to homes they were forced to flee over 80 years earlier . The Independent . 27 January 2023. 9 October 2023.
5. News: Bolter . Abby . Holocaust survivor describes scenes of 'hell' at Bergen-Belsen death camp to Maesteg School pupils . WalesOnline . 6 March 2014. 9 October 2023.
6. Web site: Holocaust remembered in Oxford: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories. University of Oxford . 27 January 2023. 9 October 2023.
7. United Kingdom: