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Holocaust survivor stresses the importance of being tolerant towards minority groups
Holocaust survivor Janine Webber in her north London home during an interview with the PA news agency ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, January 16, 2025

A HOLOCAUST survivor has stressed the importance of being tolerant towards minority groups.

Janine Webber, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family before working as a shepherd and living in a convent under a false identity to avoid Nazi persecution during World War II.

She also lost both of her parents within months of each other by the age of nine.

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