Estera Friedel - '45 Aid Society

Friedel was born Estera Warszawska on 10 December 1929 in Łódź, Poland.

Friedel 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.

Name:

Estera Friedel

Also known as:

Estera Warszawska

Birthplace:

Łódź, Poland

Yiddish Name:

Lodzh

Ghetto:

Litzmannstadt Ghetto

Lone Child:

Hidden Child:

Deportation destination:

Auschwitz

Camps:

Auschwitz
Oederan

Death March/Train:

Oederan to Theresienstadt

Liberation:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Displaced Person Camp:

Terezín
Feldafing DP Camp
Föhrenwald-Wolfratshausen DP Camp

Repatriation:

Return Home:

yes

Arrival in UK:

October 1945

Group:

The second group

Point of Arrival:

Southampton, UK

Hostels:

Wintershill Hall
Great Chesterford
Cazenove Road
Herne Hill

Settled in:

Israel

Main Quilt:

Gallery:

Photograph of the girls in the Cazenove Road hostel, London, December, 1945.