Leslie Kleinman

Kleinman was born on 11 October 1929 to parents Mordka, a Rabbi and Hebrew teacher, and Rosa. They were Hasidic Jews who lived in the small village of Ombod, near Satu-Mare, Romania.

Kleinman 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 Lazar Kleinman in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.

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Name:
Leslie Kleinman
Also known as:
Lazar Kleinman
Yiddish Name:
Satmar
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
no
Deportation destination:
Auschwitz
Liberation:
On death march
Displaced Person Camp:
Kloster Indersdorf
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
no
Arrival in UK:
October 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Southampton, UK
Settled in:
UK
Testament:
Kleinman was active in Holocaust eductaion
Main Quilt:
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