Today in 1944 young British, Canadian, US and men from the rest of the free world landed on the French beaches to begin the liberation of Europe from the Germans.

One of those men was Benjamin Horowisz, now an elderly retired teacher living in London. Recently Benjamin had swastikas painted on his home and was racialy abused by local youths. Newham Council has refused to re-house him and having no family he had nobody to turn to. Only one organisation helped Benjamin - The Israeli Embassy ! Despite not being an Israeli citizen Benjamin asked for help as a fellow Jew. The embassy sent a couple of its staff to confront the yobs and do the job the Police and Council would not.

Why do British war heroes have to turn to an overseas government for help ?