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Karen Emma Pollock CBE (born May 1974) [1] is a British writer, activist and chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).

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Early life

Pollock, who is Jewish, read French and Italian at the University of Leeds. She was politically active while at university, engaging with the National Union of Students and the Union of Jewish Students. [2] [3]

Career

Pollock was director of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism.

She later joined the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in 1998 as Director of Communications. Pollock was promoted to chief executive of the organisation in 2000. [2] One campaign led by Pollock was asking the government to recognise British people who had saved Jewish lives during the Holocaust. [4] Pollock was praised by politicians across the spectrum for 'Lessons from Auschwitz', a programme that has enabled thousands of sixth form and university students to visit Auschwitz concentration camp. [5] [6]

Alongside HET, she is involved with the anti-fascist organisation Searchlight and the London Jewish Forum , as well as the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust of which she was a founding trustee. [2] [5]

She has written for The Guardian , Jewish News , The Jewish Chronicle , and The Huffington Post and gave a TED talk entitled 'The search for humanity in the Holocaust' for TEDxDurhamUniversity 2016. [7]

She represented British Jews at the United Nations World Conference against Racism in 2001 and 2009. [2]

She is a vice-president of the Jewish Leadership Council. [8]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to education, specifically about the Holocaust, [9] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to Holocaust education. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Karen POLLOCK MBE". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Karen Pollock | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Mosheim, Tash (27 January 2020). "Karen Pollock MBE: "No minority, no one, should be persecuted because they are different"". Palatinate. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Karen Pollock". Jewish Leadership Council . Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Holocaust Memorial Day". hansard.parliament.uk. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Rudgard, Olivia (16 January 2018). "Student leaders to be taken to Auschwitz in bid to combat campus anti-SemitismÂ". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "TEDxDurhamUniversity | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Vice-Presidents". Jewish Leadership Council . Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "New Year Honours 2012". The London Gazette. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B10.
  11. ↑ Phillips, Aleks (11 October 2020). "Numerous Holocaust educators among those recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 11 October 2020.


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