Inspirational Leeds Holocaust survivor honoured with unveiling of new statue

By The Newsroom
Published 17th Sep 2018, 09:22 BST
Updated 17th Sep 2018, 10:02 BST
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A holocaust survivor who continues to inspire thousands of people with accounts of her experiences has been honoured.

Iby Knill, 94, was captured and taken to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Second World War.

Decades after being liberated and moving to England, and telling her story through inspirational books and talks, she has now been chosen among 25 other living women to be immortalised in a series of special statues.

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Commissioned by Heritage Open Days, the foot-high statue of Mrs Knill, of Chapel Allerton, was unveiled at The Tetley Gallery, in Hunslet Road, yesterday.