Moniek Schottland

Schottland was born in the Polish industrial city of Łódź in 1927.

Schottland 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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Mala Kacenberg (née Szorer)

Kacenberg was born Mala Szorer in Tarnagród in Poland on 28 December 1928.

Kacenberg 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.

Mala Kacenberg
Mala Kacenberg
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Edita Schoonkopf

Schoonkopf was born on 17 September 1930 in Velky Berezny in the Carpathian Mountains, which was then the most easterly part of Czechoslovakia.

Schoonkopf 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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Elias Schoenberger

Schoenberger was born in 1929 in Suchy in western Poland.

Schoenberger 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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Joe Carver

Carver was born Josef Rafael Schnitzer in Leipzig in Germany in 1931.

Carver 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 Joe Carver
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Max Schindler

Schindler was born in Cottbus in Germany in 1929.

Schindler 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.

A Photograph of Max Schindler in 1946.
Max Schindler in 1946.

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Alfred Schindler

Schindler was born in Cottbus in Germany in 1931.

Schindler 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 Max Schindler (right) with his brother Fred 1946.
Max Schindler (left) with his brother Fred 1946.

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Samuel Simkovic

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

Simkovic 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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Mirjam Salzberg

Salzberg was born on 27 December 1929 in Częstochowa, southern Poland.

Salzberg 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 Salomon

Salomon was born on 12 December 1928 in Dzialoszyce, south-eastern Poland.

Salomon 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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