Dundee student selected as UK’s only Holocaust memorial ambassador

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A Dundee student has been selected as the UK’s only ambassador for a special Holocaust memorial event. Daniel Pukkila - a fourth year at Abertay University - was chosen ahead of hundreds of other candidates for the prestigious role.

He will now play a key part in the project that helps Holocaust survivors share their stories on social media. The scheme was launched by Israel’s Foreign Ministry earlier this year and connects young volunteers with Holocaust survivors.Daniel, from Finland, was selected to take part in the project out of hundreds of applicants from around the world and is the only UK participant.He has been paired with Aviva Komaroff, a child survivor born in 1940, who lost most of her family in the Holocaust.Aviva’s parents and sister fled Poland to Lithuania where Aviva was born - her family that was left behind in Poland were murdered.Her mother's brother, his wife and her eleven children were shot into mass graves in the Lopukhova forest.DundeeLive brings you the latest headlines from Dundee and beyond.But did you know you all the ways you can stay informed with us?You can get our top stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily news updates.

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