A to Z of names

The members of the Boys arrived in the UK between 1945 and 1946. The visas were given by the Central British Fund (CBF) scheme which ended in 1948.

The Boys were teenage and child-Holocaust survivors, who were brought to the UK after World War II for rest and rehabilitation.

Members of the Boys were held in Nazi labour and concentration camps and used as slave labourers. They had also survived World War II in hiding or as lone children.

A handful of the Boys made their way separately to the United Kingdom and arrived on different visas.

They became a core part of the Boys and founding members of the ’45 Aid Society. These individuals are identified with an asterisk (*) after their name.

Many of the Boys changed their names later in life, to more anglicised versions, were known by nicknames or used their married names. These names can be found in the side bar of each individual’s profile under “Also known as”.