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    Artek Poznanski

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    Poznanski was born in Praska in Poland in 1928.

    Poznanski 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, survived World War II in hiding or as lone children.

    Photograph of Artek Poznanski in 1948.

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    Name:
    Artek Poznanski
    Also known as:
    Arthur Poznanski
    Birthplace:
    Praszka, Poland
    Yiddish Name:
    Prashka
    Ghetto:
    Piotrków Ghetto
    Lone Child:
    yes
    Hidden Child:
    no
    Deportation destination:
    Buchenwald
    Camps:
    Buchenwald
    Flössberg
    Death March/Train:
    Flössberg to Mauthausen
    Liberation:
    Escaped from Death Train
    Displaced Person Camp:
    Terezín
    Belgická Orphanage
    Repatriation:
    no
    Return Home:
    no
    Arrival in UK:
    August 1945
    Point of Arrival:
    Crosby-on-Eden, UK
    Hostels:
    Windermere
    The Jews’ Temporary Shelter
    Nightingale Road
    Settled in:
    UK
    Testament:
    US Shoah Foundation. Written testaments held at the Imperial War Museum.
    Main Quilt:
    Quilt Square:
    Gallery:
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