Ivor Perl

Perl was born Izak Perlmutter on 4 February 1932 in Mako, Hungary.

Perl 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 Ivor Perl's identity documents, American occupied sector of Germany 1945.

Ivor Perl’s identity documents, American occupied sector of Germany 1945.

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Name:
Ivor Perl
Also known as:
Izak Perlmutter
Birthplace:
Makó, Hungary
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
no
Deportation destination:
Auschwitz
Liberation:
Dachau
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
no
Arrival in UK:
October 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Southampton, UK
Settled in:
UK
Testament:
US Shoah Foundation
Main Quilt:
Gallery:
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