Mala Tribich MBE (born 24 September 1930) is a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and educational speaker. [1] [2]
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.
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.
Tribich was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours, for services to education. [7]
Mala Tribich MBE (born 24 September 1930) is a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and educational speaker. [1] [2]
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.
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.
Tribich was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours, for services to education. [7]