Dora Schafer (née Safar)

Safar was born in 1930 in Danilovo in Czechoslovakia.

Safar 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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Masha Platt (née Dobrowolska)

Platt was born Masza Dobrowolska in 1927 in Belchatów near Łódź in central Poland.

Platt 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 Masha Platt in Manchester in 1945.

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Joe Diamond

Diamond was born Julius Diamantstein in 1929 in Seredně in the Carpathian Mountains, which were then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia. 

Diamond 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 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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Samuel Diament

Diament was born in 1927 into a large family who lived in the manufacturing city of Łódź, known as the Manchester of Poland.

Diamant 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 Diament

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Moses Deutsch

Deutsch was born to parents Cilli and Alter on 11 April 1930 in Hajduhadhaz, north-eastern Hungary.

Deutsch 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 Herman

Herman was born Josef David Herman on 6 September 1926 in Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia in the Carpathian Mountains.

Herman 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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“One thing that we all remember fondly about David was that he would walk into a room and greet anyone in it with: ‘Hello, you lucky people!’ Knowing his story and the hardship he endured, perhaps we can understand how he might have thought anyone who had not suffered as he had, would indeed be lucky.”

Julia Burton, daughter of David Herman

Eugene Deutsch

Deutsch was born on 3 March 1930 in Nyriadony, in north-eastern Hungary.

Deutsch 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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Abraham Herman

Herman was born on 16 February 1931 in Mukačevo in the Carpathian Mountains.

Herman 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 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 Abraham Herman.

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Zoltan Deutsch

Deutsch was born in 1930 in Berehove in the Carpathian Mountains, which were then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Deutsch 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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Ignac Deutsch

Deutsch was born in 1929 in Berehove in the Carpathian Mountains, which were then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia. In 1938, there were around 6,500 Jews living in Berehove.

Deutsch 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 Ignatz Deutsch

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Ignac Deutsch’s Journey 1944-1946

Zoltan Deutsch's Journey 1944-1946
Pre-war Life: Berehove, Czechoslovakia. Forced Journey: → Unknown. After liberation: → Prague, Czechoslovakia Joins 3rd Group of the Boys Millisle, Northern Ireland, UK. 

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