Stefa Rosenberg (née Manela)

Manela was born on 15 October 1929 to parents Abraham, a tailor, and Czarna in the industrial city of Łódź Poland.

Manela 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.

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Renata Jayson (née Lossau)

Lossau was born in 1930 in Königsberg in Germany.

Lossau 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.

Renate Lossau

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Chaim Liss

Chaim Liss was born and brought up in the industrial city of Łódź known as the Manchester of Poland.

Liss 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.

Photograph of Chaim Liss in the UK.
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Josef Lichtenstajn

Lichtenstajn was born in Satu-Mare in Romania on 26 December 1929.

Lichtenstein 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.

Photograph of Josef Lichtenstein in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
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Isadore Light

Light was born Israel Licht in Łódź, Poland 

Light 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.

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Jan Kurtz

Kurtz was born in Kraków in southern Poland in 1930.

Kurtz 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.

Photograph of Jan Kurts.
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Szmul Cooper

Cooper was born Szmul Kuczer to parents Szija, a grain merchant and property owner, and Hania in Hrubieszov, near Lublin in Poland.

Cooper 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.

Photograph of Samuel Kuczer in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.

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Ellek Kochen

Kochen was born in Starachowice in Poland in 1930. Nothing is known about his childhood or his family.

Kochen 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.

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Leslie Kleinman

Kleinman was born on 11 October 1929 to parents Mordka, a Rabbi and Hebrew teacher, and Rosa. They were Hasidic Jews who lived in the small village of Ombod, near Satu-Mare, Romania.

Kleinman 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.

Photograph of Lazar Kleinman in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.

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Sandor Klein

Klein was born on 9 June 1931 to parents Ignacz, a merchant, and Hani in Bodrogkereztur, north-eastern Hungary.

Klein 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.

Sandor Klein

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