Schmul Laskier

Laskier was born to parents Joshua and Edzia on 27 August 1927 in Warsaw, Poland.

Laskier 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 Sam Laskier
Sam Laskier 

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Karel Lang

Lang was born on 15 April 1929 in Berehove in the Carpathian Mountains, which were then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia. 

Lang 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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Mathias Landau

Landau was born to parents Emil and Ergebert on 2 August 1930 in Halmeu, Romania.

Landau 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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Sarah Walter (née Lampert)

Walter was born Serena Lampert on 15 December 1930 in Mukačevo in the Carpathian Mountains which were then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Walter 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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Rose Rubenstein (née Basch)

Rubenstein was born Ruzena Basch in 1930 in Tacovo in the Carpathian Mountains which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Rubenstein 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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Freida Basch

Basch was born in 1929 in Tacovo in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Basch 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.

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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Ignac Basch

Basch was born in 1929 in Tacovo in the Carpathian Mountains which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Basch 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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Hersch ‘Harry’ Balsam

Balsam was born in Gorlice, Poland in 1929. 

Balsam 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 Harry Balsam.

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“My Grandpa Harry came to England and built a new life.

He had to learn a new language and culture and became a very successful businessman through his hard work and determination. 

He had an incredible zest for life and made an impact on

everyone that he met. 

He really was a true survivor in every sense of the word. He was and remains my inspiration.”

Natalie Meltzer, granddaughter of Harry Balsam.

 

Moshe Lampert

Lampert was born on 23 March 1929 in Mukačevo in the Carpathian Mountains which were then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Lampert 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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Shoshana Blachash (née) Laskier

Blachash was born Ruska Laskier in Warsaw in 1931.

Laskier 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.

Sam & Ruska Laskier
Sam & Ruska Laskier in Marble Arch in London.

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