Berek Wurzel

Wurzel was born in Radom in Poland in 1932.

Wurzel 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:
Berek Wurzel
Birthplace:
Radom, Poland
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
yes
Liberation:
Częstochow-HASAG
Displaced Person Camp:
Terezín
Belgická Orphanage
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
yes
Arrival in UK:
August 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Crosby-on-Eden, UK
Hostels:
Windermere
Settled in:
UK
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