Sir Ben has worked over decades to ensure the victims of the Holocaust are remembered and lessons are learned from the time.

Born in Poland, Sir Ben was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp and was later liberated from the camp at Theresienstadt.

Sir Ben and one of his sisters were the only members of the family to survive.

Having been brought to England aged 15, Sir Ben began competing in weightlifting and represented Britain at two Olympic Games.

He captained the weightlifting team at Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960, while he won a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in the lightweight event at Cardiff 1958.

Sir Ben also claimed three gold medals at the Maccabiah Games, the multi-sport event considered as the Jewish Olympics.

Sir Ben was knighted in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.

He has now received a Pride of Britain award, which recognises people who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challenging situations.

"I have spent much of my life ensuring the victims of the Holocaust are remembered, and the lessons of those times are taught," Sir Ben told the Jewish News.

"I hope this prestigious award will help to spread that important message a little further."

The 91-year-old has served as President of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and was a member of Holocaust Commission, established by former British Prime Minister David Cameron.

The Commission recommended the creation of a national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London.

The awards ceremony will be shown on ITV on November 1 in Britain.

Sir Ben receives his honour from television presenter, actor and comedian Stephen Fry.

"You shouldn’t have to be Jewish or to have relatives who perished in the Holocaust yourself to be stunned by characters like Ben Helfgott, though of course it does add an extra element of admiration and appreciation,” Fry told the Jewish News.

"His actions speak for all humanity, however.

"His quiet determination to ensure that the unspeakable wickedness and evil of what happened has been inspirational.

"Against indifference, denial and doubt he has raised a literal and figurative memorial wall that honours the victims and helps push back against the possibility that such horrors might be allowed to happen again.

"He would say he had survived because he was lucky, but it was also because he was strong.

"Literally strong — heavens, the man went on to become an Olympic weightlifter.

"It’s a wonderful thing that Pride of Britain has recognised him."