Michael Honey

Honey was born Misa Honigwachs in Novy Jicin in Czechoslovakia.

Honey 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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Ruzena Markow (née Hollander)

Hollander was born on 28 March 1927 in Kivjadz in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Hollander 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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Samuel Hilton

Hilton was born Samuel Holckiener in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in 1929.

Hilton 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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Ruzena Hofman

Hofman was born on 15 December 1930 in Vysni Apsa in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Hofman 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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Martin Hoffman

Hoffman was born in Prague in Czechoslovakia on 15 November 1929.

Hoffman 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 Martin Hoffman, mascot for the US army
Martin Hoffman, mascot for the US army.

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Adolf Hoffman

Hoffman was born in 1929 in in Vel’ka Sevljus in Czechoslovakia. 

Hoffman 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.

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If you have any information about Adolf Hoffman, please contact our Historical Advisor Rosie Whitehouse at rosiewhitehouse@45aid.org.

Martin Hochman

Hochman was born on 15 February 1930 in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia, now part of Ukraine.

Hochman 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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David Hirschfeld

Hirschfeld was born in 1929 in Brusiek in Poland but grew up in the southern Polish town of Gorlice in the southeast of the country.

Hirschfeld 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.

David Hirshfeld in the hostel in Loughton.

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Jack Himmel

Himmel was born Jan Himmelstein in 1929 in Nizny Verecky in the Carpathian mountains, which were then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Himmel 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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Wolf Himmelfarb

Himmelfarb was born 19 June 1927 in Koprzywnica, a small town in southern Poland.

Himmelfarb 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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