Ester Gruenwald

Gruenwald was born on 9 February 1929 in Iršava, in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Gruenwald 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.
The List of the Fourth Group of the Boys in the London Metropolitan Archives.
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Otto Gruenfeld

Gruenfeld was born in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia in 1924.

Gruenfeld 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 Otto Grunfeld at a piano recital in Windermere, 1945—perhaps playing Bach (his favourite).
Otto Gruenfeld at a piano recital in Windermere, 1945—perhaps playing Bach (his favourite).

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Vilem Gruenberg

Gruenberg was born in 1929 in the village of Majdan in the Carpathian mountains which were then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Gruenberg 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 Victor Greenberg.

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Hugo Gryn

Gryn was born Hugo Gruen in 1930 in Berehove, Czechoslovakia, then the most easterly part of the country.

Gryn 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 Hugo Gryn.

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Henryk Gruen

Green was born Henryk Gruen in Strzemieszyce Wielkie in southwestern Poland.

Green 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 Henry Green.

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Marta Cornell (née Gruber)

Cornell was born Marta Gruber on 18 October 1929 in Békéscsaba in southeastern Hungary.

Cornell 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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Pinkus Grossman

Grossman was born on 8 May 1929 in Strzemieszyce Wielkie in Poland.

Gross man 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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Isaac Josef Grossman

Grossman was born in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in 1929.

Grossman 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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Zbyszek Gross

Gross was born in Kraków, Poland on 16 May 1934.

Gross 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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Rosalyn Hayber (neé Gross)

Hayber was born Roza Gross on 15 March 1931 in the village of Palanka near Mukačevo in Czechoslovakia now part of Ukraine.

Hayber 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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