As a result of this newspaper highlighting her plight, and her family’s direct pleas for Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, to “have a heart”, their case was escalated and they were granted visas within 24 hours.

However, despite Ms Razumenko and her daughter – who are now living in a Jewish community centre, just outside Warsaw – having a visa to come to the UK, their cat cannot leave Poland until May, in accordance with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) guidelines.

Zac Newman, 35, from north London, is currently in the Polish town of Otwock, just outside Warsaw, trying to bring his mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law home.

He told The Telegraph: “My grandmother-in-law and my mother-in-law have been through so much.

“The only thing they took with them when they fled their home was their cat. Their cat is a family member to them and it is devastating for me to think they would be separated from Solomon after all they’ve been through.

“The fact that Solomon has the required documents and pet passports is just so unfair and it’s just wrong to prevent them from staying together. I plead to Defra to offer special dispensation to this Holocaust survivor – who is now a refugee – so she can stay with her cat.”