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    Tsipora First (née Zelmanovic)

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    First was born Fani Zelmanovic on 15 October 1929 in Tachovo in Czechoslovakia, which is now Ukraine.

    First was a member of a group of Holocaust survivors known as the Boys, despite the fact the group consisted of over 200 girls. 

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

    Photograph of Fani Zelmanovic
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    Name:
    Tsipora First (née Zelmanovic)
    Also known as:
    Fani Zelmanovic
    Birthplace:
    Tacovo, Czechoslovakia
    Current Name:
    Tachiv
    Ghetto:
    Munkács Ghetto
    Lone Child:
    no
    Hidden Child:
    no
    Deportation destination:
    Auschwitz
    Camps:
    Auschwitz
    Gelsenberg
    Bergen-Belsen
    Liberation:
    Bergen-Belsen
    Displaced Person Camp:
    Belsen-Hohne DP Camp
    Repatriation:
    yes
    Return Home:
    unknown
    Arrival in UK:
    June 1946
    Group:
    The fourth group
    Point of Arrival:
    Newhaven, UK
    Hostels:
    The Jews’ Temporary Shelter
    Cazenove Road
    Left UK:
    1948
    Destination:
    Israel
    Settled in:
    Israel
    Testament:
    None
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