Gunter ‘Gary’ Wolff

Wolff was born on 13 November 1932 in Berlin, Germany.

Wolff 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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Julius Weiss

Weiss was born to parents Tilda and Eizig on 19 March 1929 in Boryslaw, Poland.

Weiss 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 Julius Weiss in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
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Herman ‘Zvi’ Weinstock

Weinstock was born to parents Marcus and Betsha on 5 June 1933 in Okocim, south-eastern Poland.

Weinstock 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 Herman Weinstock in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
Herman Weinstock in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
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Estera Friedel (née Warszawska)

Friedel was born Estera Warszawska on 10 December 1929 in Łódź, Poland.

Friedel 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 Estera Warszawska
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Erika Grossman (née Vermes)

Grossman was born Erika Vermes on 14 May 1931 in Topolcany in Czechoslovakia.

Grossman 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 protective document issued to Erika Vermes by the Swedish Red Cross in September 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. The document states that Erika's name appears on the passenger list of a Swedish children's transport that is about to leave Hungary and appeals to the authorities to let her remain at her current residence until the time of her departure.
Protective document issued to Erika Vermes by the Swedish Red Cross in September 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. The document states that Erika’s name appears on the passenger list of a Swedish children’s transport that is about to leave Hungary and appeals to the authorities to let her remain at her current residence until the time of her departure.
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Mordechai Topel

Topel was born 30 June 1929 in Ostrowiec in Poland.

Topel 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 Mordechai Topel in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
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Tanya Kessler (née Muench)

Kessler was born Tanya Muench in Berlin, Germany in 1939.

Kessler 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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Zenek Szwartzberg

Szwartzberg was born in 1929 in Będzin, Poland, 90km west of Kraków.

Szwartzberg 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 Zenek-Swartzenberg in the ORT Marine school.

Zenek Swartzenberg in the ORT Marine school.

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Sylvia Gruener

Gruener was born in Vienna in Austria in 1939.

Gruener 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 Sylvia Gruener.
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Chaim Swinik

Swinik was born to parents David and Miriam on 6 July 1936 in Minsk, Poland.

Swinik 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 Chaim Swinik in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
Chaim Swinik in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.

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