Perec Zylberberg

Zylberberg was born in the Polish industrial city of Łódź in 1924.

Zylberberg 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.

Perec Zylberberg
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Abraham ‘Mick’ Zwirek

Zwirek was born in Płock in Poland in 1925.

Zwirek 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, survived World War II in hiding or as lone children.

Photograph of Mick Zwirek, David Herman, Jack Bajer and Ernest Sunog
Mick Zwirek (on left), David Herman, Jack Bajer and Ernest Sunog in London c 1947.

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David Zweig

Zweig was born in 1929 in Rachov in the Carpathian mountains, which were then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Zweig 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 the List of the Boys in the Third Group of the Boys, 1946.
List of the Boys in the Third Group of the Boys, 1946.
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Renée Hans (née Zuckermandl)

Hans was born Renée Zuckermandl on 7 April 1929 in Buštin, Czechoslovakia.

Hans 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 the List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
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Luisa Buki (née Zisovic)

Luisa Buki was born Luisa Zisovic on 12 March 1931 in Volove in Czechoslovakia, now in Ukraine.

Buki 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 the List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
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Fay Piasetski (née Zimlichman)

Piasetski was born Fani Zimlichman-Schechter was born in 1930 in the town of Bochdan in the Carpathian Mountains which were then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Piasetski 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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Zipora Furst (née Zelmanovic)

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

Furst 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 the List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
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Ludwig Zelman

Zelman was born Ludwig Zelmanovic on 5 March 1929 in Drahova, Czechoslovakia.

Zelman 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 the List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
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Willie Zelkovic

Zelkovic was born in 1924 in Mukačevo in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Zelkovic 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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Herman Hersch Zelkovic

Zelkovic was born in 1928 in Mukačevo in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia but is now part of Ukraine.

Zelkovic 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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