Salomon Pantoffelmacher

Pantoffelmacher was born in Nasielsk, a small village 64km north of Warsaw in 1931.

Pantoffelmacher 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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Shlomoh Reuven Orzech

Orzech was born in 1930 in Kielce, in south-central Poland.

Orzech 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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Chaskiel Orzech

Orzech was born in 1930 in Kielce, in south-central Poland.

Orzech 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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Armin Palkowic

Palkowic was born in 1929 in Kudlevec in the Carpathian Mountains, the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia which is now Ukraine.

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

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Natan Owichi

Owichi was born on 19 March 1929 in Poienile Glodului in Romania to parents Abraham and Ciari.

Owichi 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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Isek Kutner

Kutner was born on 24 November 1930 in Łódź, Poland.

Kutner 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 Kutner

Kutner was born in 1928 in Konstantinóv in Poland.

Kutner 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 David Kutner

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Szlama Kuszerman

Kuszerman was born on 3 April 1930 in Radom, Poland.

Kuserman 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.

First right, Szlamek Kuszerman, 3rd right, Alf Kirszberg and friends
First right, Szlamek Kuszerman, 3rd right, Alf Kirszberg and friends.

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Ryfka Kuszerman (née Koperwas)

Kuszerman was born Rywka Koperwas, in Wolanow, a village in Radom, central Poland. 

Kuszerman 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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Binem Kuszer

Kuszer was born in 1930 in the Polish city of Piotrków.

Kuszer 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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