Kopel ‘Max’ Dessau

Dessau was born in 1931 in the Polish city of Piotrków.

Dessau 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 Kopel Dessau and family.
Kopel Dessau and family.
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Berek ‘Bob’ Obuchowski

Obuchowski was born on 28 January 1927 in Ozorków, Poland near Łódź.

Obuchowski 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 Bob Obuchowski in the British Army.
Bob Obuchowski in the British Army.
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Bob Obuchowski’s Great-Grandchildren Tell his Story.

David Denderowicz

Denderowicz was born in 1929 in the small village Leopoldów in central Poland.

Denderowicz 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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Greta Davidowicz

Davidowicz was born on 20 December 1929 in Częstochowa in southern Poland.

Davidowicz 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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Martin Davidson

Davidson was born Martin Davidovic on 15 December 1929 in Svalyava in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Davidson 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 the 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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David Schaechter

Schaechter was born in 1929 in Ubľa in the Carpathian mountains which were then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Schaechter 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 Third Group of the Boys, 1946.
List of the Third Group of the Boys, 1946.

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Moshe Nurtman

Nurtman was born in 1929 in Warka in Poland, which is 60km south of Warsaw.

Nurtman 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 Moishe Nurtman

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Salomon Noe

Noe was born on 18 December 1930 in Vel’ka Sevljus in Czechoslovakia.

Noe 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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Etelka Noe

Noe was born on 22 August 1929 in Vel’ka Sevljus in Czechoslovakia.

Noe 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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Bronislaw Nisenbaum

Nisenbaum was born in the Polish capital Warsaw in 1929.

Nisenbaum 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 Bob Nisenbaum and his sister Gitel c. 1935.
Bob Nisenbaum and his sister Gitel c. 1935.
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