A HOLOCAUST survivor called for awareness of rising Islamophobia and anti-semitism on Friday after being made an MBE.

Mindu Hornick said she wanted to use the honour to raise awareness not only of the atrocities in the past but those “going on now in the 21st century.”

The 90-year-old has been recognised for her work in Holocaust education with the Anne Frank Trust and Holocaust Memorial Trust.

She said: “With everything that is going on in the world today — with Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and other unacceptable things that are happening — I think it is important to educate young people.

“It is very important that we don’t just mourn our losses and our tragic events, but we should also mourn others going on now in the 21st century.

“There has been a terrible rise of all kinds of atrocities — it is very important to educate young people to love each other and to appreciate each other’s faith and beliefs.”

Ms Hornick was born in Czechoslovakia before being deported at the age of 12 to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

She now lives in Birmingham and gives talks at schools about the atrocities she suffered at the hands of the nazis.

Her comments on rising Islamophobia follow concerns raised by the Muslim Council of Great Britain about anti-Muslim incidents within the Conservative Party.

The council said there was a “palpable sense of fear” among Muslim communities in the wake of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election win.

Tory MPs have faced accusations of Islamophobia — including the PM, who, in a 2018 Telegraph column, likened women wearing burkas to “letterboxes” and “bank robbers.”

Tell Mama, a group that measures anti-Muslim attacks, recorded a 375 per cent increase in Islamophobic incidents in the week after Boris Johnson wrote the comments.

Anti-racism campaigner Maz Saleem told the Star that society must come together to tackle the “unprecedented levels” of Islamophobia similar to efforts to tackle anti-semitism in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

“Islamophobia is at unprecedented levels today alongside anti- semitism and there is a rising intolerance everywhere. It’s vital to remember that, just like Isis, neonazi organisations, too, should be regarded as terrorist organisations and should be addressed that way,” she said.

“We combated together as humanity against anti-semitism after the Holocaust; it is imperative that we should combat the rising Islamophobia with the same compassion and determination.”