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Celebrating 100 years of courage 29 June 2023
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10 Tammuz 5783
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Issue No.1321
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Holocaust survivor turned Army heroine finally receives war medals on 100th birthday
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A Holocaust survivor turned British Army stalwart has received medals for her wartime service to which she never knew she was entitled to mark her 100th birthday, writes Michelle Rosenberg. Henny Franks was given the Defence Medal and HM Armed Forces Veteran Badge yesterday at a birthday party at Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivor Centre. She escaped Nazi persecution as a teenager, leaving Cologne for Britain on the Kindertransport. A member of the women’s branch of the British Army, volunteering for the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) for many years, she had no idea she was entitled to receive medals for her galant service to her adopted country. She told Jewish News: “I love England very much. I felt so proud to be in the army. I did my bit. I was one of the lucky ones. I want people to know that Jewish people did their bit to fight back.” Franks’ family story is tragic. Her father was arrested and deported to Sobibor, where he was murdered by the Nazis, but her mother survived the Holocaust. Her cousins in England, who had four children of their own, took her into their home. Continued on page 6
Birthday girl Henny Franks with AJEX’s chair Dan Fox and (inset) in the British Auxiliary Services
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