Mendel Silberstein

Silberstein was born in the Polish industrial city of Łódź in 1927.

Silberstein 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 Menachem Silberstein

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Name:
Mendel Silberstein
Birthplace:
Łódź, Poland
Yiddish Name:
Lodzh
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
yes
Deportation destination:
Skarżysko-Kamienna Ghetto
Liberation:
Theresienstadt Ghetto
Displaced Person Camp:
Terezín
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
unknown
Arrival in UK:
August 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Crosby-on-Eden, UK
Military Service:
Machal Volunteer
Left UK:
1948
Destination:
Israel
Settled in:
Israel
Testament:
None
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