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Ben Helfgott

Categories: Sport / Games

Holocaust survivor and British Olympian (1956 and 1960) who knew the murdered Israeli athletes.

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Munich Olympics 40 years

The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...

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Philip Noel-Baker

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Henry Cotton

Henry Cotton

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Yosef Gutfreund

Yosef Gutfreund

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