Leon Steinmann

Steinmann was born on 10 February 1930 in Ostrowiec, Poland.

Steinmann 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.

Leon Steinmann in Windermere 1945
Leon Steinmann in Windermere 1945
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Harry Spiro

Spiro was born Chaim Spiro in Piotrków Trybunalski in Poland in 1929. Jews had lived in the city for hundreds of years.

Spiro 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 Spiro in Windermere 1945.
Harry Spiro in Windermere 1945.

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Ruth Spier

Spier was born in Berlin, Germany in 1929.

Spier 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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Estvan Speigel

Speigel was born in 1928 in Bardejov, Czechoslovakia and grew up in Mukačevo which is in the Carpathian mountains, which were then in the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Speigel 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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Letzi Feige Sonnerschein

Sonnerschein was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1939.

Sonnerschein 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 Sommer

Sommer was born in Turek in Poland in 1928.

Sommer 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 Sommer's concentration camp photo.

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Rachel Slomovic

Slomovic was born in 1929 in Velka Dobra, Czechoslovakia, now in Czech Republic.

Slomovic 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.

The Slomovic Sisters: Jolana, Helena & Ruzena
The Slomovic Sisters
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Jolana Slomovic

Slomovic was born in 1929 in Velyka Dobron, now in Ukraine.

Slomovic 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.

The Slomovic Sisters: Jolana, Helena & Ruzena
The Slomovic Sisters
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Chaskel Slomovic

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

Slomovic 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 Chaskiel Slomovic 1946.
Chaskiel Slomovic 1946.
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Pauline Staman (née Berkovic)

Staman was born Cipora Berkovic on 19 January 1929 in Velkiý Bočkov in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then part of Czechoslovakia. Part of the town was in Romania. 

Staman 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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