Martin Hoffman

Hoffman was born in Prague in Czechoslovakia on 15 November 1929.

Hoffman 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 Martin Hoffman, mascot for the US army

Martin Hoffman, mascot for the US army.

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Name:
Martin Hoffman
Also known as:
Samuel Hoffman
Current Name:
Prague, Czechia
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
no
Deportation destination:
Auschwitz
Liberation:
Buchenwald
Displaced Person Camp:
Belgická Orphanage
Repatriation:
yes
Return Home:
unknown
Arrival in UK:
August 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Crosby-on-Eden, UK
Left UK:
1992
Destination:
USA
Lived in:
UK
Settled in:
USA
Testament:
Imperial War Museum
Main Quilt:
Quilt Square:
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