Josef Gerstein - '45 Aid Society

Gerstein was born in the Polish capital Warsaw in 1934.

Gerstein 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.

^{Josef Gerstein in Ilkley, Yorkshire in 2021.}

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Name:

Josef Gerstein

Birthplace:

Warsaw, Poland

Yiddish Name:

Vashe

Ghetto:

Warsaw Ghetto

Lone Child:

yes

Hidden Child:

yes

Displaced Person Camp:

Košice
Belgická Orphanage

Repatriation:

Return Home:

Arrival in UK:

March 1946

Group:

The third group

Point of Arrival:

Northolt, London, UK

Hostels:

Ilkley
Bunce Court School

Military Service:

IDF

Left UK:

1949

Destination:

Israel

Settled in:

Israel

Testament:

In Hebrew

Main Quilt:

Gallery:

Photograph of Yossi Gerstein and Family.