Michael Weiner

Weiner was born Majer Wierzbicki in 1929 in the Polish capital Warsaw.

Weiner 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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Name:
Michael Wiener
Also known as:
Majer Wiersbicki
Birthplace:
Warsaw, Poland
Lone Child:
unknown
Hidden Child:
unknown
Liberation:
Unknown
Displaced Person Camp:
Belgická Orphanage
Repatriation:
unknown
Return Home:
unknown
Arrival in UK:
August 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Crosby-on-Eden, UK
Hostels:
Windermere
Military Service:
Machal Volunteer
Left UK:
1948
Destination:
Israel
Testament:
None
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