Katherine Gittel Hwang (née Rowelski)

Hwang 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.

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.

^{Gittel Rowlevski in Windermere in 1945}

Name:

Katherine Gittel Hwang (née Rowelski)

Also known as:

Gittel Rowelski

Birthplace:

Berlin, Germany

Ghetto:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Lone Child:

Hidden Child:

Deportation destination:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Liberation:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Displaced Person Camp:

Pitter’s Castles

Repatriation:

Return Home:

Arrival in UK:

August 1945

Group:

The first group

Point of Arrival:

Crosby-on-Eden, UK

Hostels:

Windermere
Bulldogs Bank
Weir Courtney

Left UK:

Unknown

Destination:

USA

Settled in:

USA

Adopted:

Yes

Testament:

None

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