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    A remarkable number of the Boys arrived in the UK with their siblings. 

    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.

    The links between the siblings contributed to the unity of the group.

    Very few siblings survived the Holocaust, which makes the number of brothers and sisters among the Boys all the more significant.

    The Slomovic Sisters: Jolana, Helena & Ruzena
    The Abraham Siblings
    Transcarpathia
    Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Fourth Group
    The Basch Siblings
    Ťačovo/Tiachiv views
    Tacovo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Fourth Group
    The Berlowicz Siblings
    Photograph of Pre-World War II Elbing.
    Elbing Germany (now Elbląg, Poland)/First Group
    The Brenner Siblings
    Photograph of Zysel Brenner in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
    Lublin Voivodeship, Poland/Second Group
    The Bucci Siblings
    Photograph of Tatiana and Alessandra Bucci in the Weir Courtney hostel.
    Fiume, Italy (now Rjeka, Croatia)/Third Group
    The Chandler Siblings
    Photograph of Howard (Chaim) Chandler and brother, Harry (Herschel) Wajchandler
    Starachowice, Poland/First Group
    The Danzig Siblings
    Zlata Moravce
    Zlate Moravce, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)/Fifth Group
    The Deusch Siblings
    Berehove, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Third Group
    The Farkas Siblings
    Bratislava, Slovakia
    Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)/Third Group
    The Fox Siblings
    The Fox brothers 1933.
    Łódź Voivodeship, Poland/First Group
    The Friedmann Siblings
    Plešivec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)/Third Group
    The Frydenberg Siblings
    Photograph of Leo Geddy and Bernie Frydenberg in Liverpool in 1946.
    Dęblin-Irena, Poland/First Group
    The Gancz Sibings
    Photograph of the synagogue in Satu Mare, Romania.
    Maramureş, Romania/Second Group
    The Graf Siblings
    Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)/First Group
    The Gross Siblings
    Transcarpathia
    Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Fourth Group
    The Helfgott Siblings
    Photograph of the Market Square in Piotrkow.
    Piotrków, Poland/First Group
    The Hecht Siblings
    Photograph of Martin Hecht in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
    Maramureş, Romania/Second Group
    The Herman Siblings
    Photograph of David, Abe and Miriam Herman, 1947
    Mukačevo, Czzechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Third Group
    The Hirschfeld Siblings
    Photograph of David and Moniek Hirszfeld from Poznan. David became an inventor in Israel and Moniek lived in Brighton.
    Lublin Voivodeship, Poland/First Group
    The Ickovic Siblings
    Transcarpathia
    Subcarpahianrus/Third Group
    The Jacob Siblings
    Photograph of Debrecen Synagogue.
    Debrecen, Hungary/First Group
    The Kadysiewicz Siblings
    Photograph of Hil Kadyziewicz in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
    Starachowice, Poland/First & Second Group
    The Kaiser Siblings
    Bratislava, Slovakia
    Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)/Fifth Group
    The Klein Siblings
    Photograph of Sandor Klein in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
    Bodrogkereztur, Hungary/Second Group
    The Korman Siblings
    Photograph of Ul. Lubelska, Radom, Poland 1917.
    Radom, Poland/First Group
    The Lampert Siblings
    Photograph of Jewish boys studying in pre-war Mukachevo.
    Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Fourth Group
    The Laskier Siblings
    Sam & Ruska Laskier
    Warsaw, Poland/First & Third Groups
    The Lossau Siblings
    Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia)/First Group
    The Luger Siblings
    Photograph of the Luger Brothers, Millisle, c.1946.
    Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia(now Ukraine)/Third Group
    The Oppenheimer Siblings
    Photograph of the Anhalter Bahnhof - Holocaust Deportation Site - in Berlin, Germany.
    Berlin, Germany
    The Orzech Siblings
    Photograph of the Ghetto Memorial in Kielce Poland.
    Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland/First Group
    The Perlmutter Siblings
    Photograph of Alec & Ivor Perl
    Mako, Hungary/Second Group
    The Pivnik Siblings
    Photograph of Sam and Nat Pivnik in London, 1948
    Będzin, Poland
    The Poznanski Siblings
    Photograph of Jerzy Poznanski.
    Praszka, Poland/First Group
    The Rajzman Siblings
    Photograph of Sender Riseman (L) and brother Yitschok (R)
    Łódź, Poland/First Group
    The Rothman Siblings
    Photograph of the former synagogue in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
    Užhorod, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Third Group
    The Schindler Siblings
    Photograph of Max Schindler (right) with his brother Fred 1946.
    Cottbus, Germany/First Group
    The Slomovic Siblings
    Transcarpathia
    Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia(now Ukraine)/Third Group
    The Slomovic Siblings
    The Slomovic Sisters: Jolana, Helena & Ruzena
    Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia(now Ukraine)/Third Group
    The Stern Siblings
    Bratislava, Slovakia
    Kurima, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)/Third Group
    The Stern Siblings
    Pre-World War II postcard of Bratislava Castle.
    Kurima, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)/Third Group
    The Stern Siblings
    Photograph of the Stern family before World War II.
    Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia(now Ukraine)/Fourth Group
    The Swinik Siblings
    Photograph of Chaim Swinik in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
    Minsk, Poland (now Belarus)/Second Group
    The Szainzicht Siblings
    Photograph of 1945 July, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
    Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
    The Taub Siblings
    Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)/Fourth Group
    The Traub Siblings
    Vienna, Austria
    Vienna, Austria/Third Group
    The Wachsman Siblings
    Emmanuel Tree Memorial, Dohany St Synagogue, Budapest.
    Budapest, Hungary/Second Group
    The Weider Siblings
    Photograph of Ivor Wieder.
    Maramureş, Romania/Second Group
    The Weinstock Siblings
    Photograph of Herman Weinstock in Kloster Indersdorf, Germany in 1945.
    Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland/Second Group
    The Wurzel Siblings
    Radom, Poland/First Group
    The Zelkovic Siblings
    Photograph of Willie (Vilem) Zelovic ( on the left) and Hersi Zelovic (with glasses)
    Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia/Fourth Group
    The Zwieg Siblings
    Transcarpathia
    Rachov, Czechoslovakia (now Ukriane)/Third Group
    The Zylberberg Siblings
    View of Łódź
    Łódź, Poland/First Group

    List of Siblings

    Freida Basch Ignac Basch

    Asta Berlowicz Jacob Berlowicz Samuel Berlowicz

    Chaim Brenner Zyzel Brenner

    Andra Bucci Liliana Bucci

    Harry Chandler Howard Chandler

    Eugene Danzig Miklos Danzig

    Deusch Deusch

    Arnold Farkas Eva Farkas

    John Fox Harry Fox

    Fritz Friedmann Hedi Friedmann

    Bernie Frydenberg Leib Frydenberg

    Gancz Gancz

    Hannah Tanner (neé Graf) Pavel Graf

    Alexander Gross Rozalyn Hayber (neé Gross) Samuel Gross 

    Ben Helfgott Mala Tribich (neé Helfgott)

    Jacob Hecht Martin Hecht

    Abraham Herman David Herman

    David Hirshfeld Moniek Hirschfeld

    Cevenka Ickovic Etelka Ickovic 

    Agnes Gross (née Jacob Judith Jacob Sultan Jacob

    Elias Kadysiewicz Hil Kadysiewicz Kive Kadysiewicz

    Erno Klein Sandor Klein

    Chaim Korman Blanche Lipski (neé Korman)

    Martin Lampert Sarah Walter (neé Lampert) 

    Ingrid Lossau Max Lossau Waltraut Butvenik (neé Lossau) Renate Jayson (neé Lossau) Yoachim Lossau

    Herman Luger Mendel Luger Salomon Luger

    Eve Oppenheimer Paul Oppenheimer

    Chaskiel Orzech Reuven Orzech

    Ivor Perl (formerly Perlmutter) Abraham Perlmutter

    Nathan Pivnik Sam Pivnik

    Artek Poznanski Jerzy Poznanski

    Yitzhak Rajzman Alexander Riseman (formerly Rajzman)

    Benjamin Rothman Leopold Rothman

    Eliska Stern Meir Stern 

    Judith Sherman (neé Stern) Mirjam Wheeler (neé Stern)

    Elsa Abramovitch (née Stern) Melanie Stern

    Alfred Schindler Max Schindler

    Chaskiel Slomovic Rachel Levy (neé Slomovic)\

    Jolana Slomovic Helena Slomovic Ruzena Slomovic

    Aron Swinik Chaim Swinik

    Cesia Szainzicht Moniek Shannon (Formerly Szainzicht)

    Herman Taub Israel Taub

    Eva Traub Hanka Traub

    Elizabeth Wachsman Hilda Wachsman

    Lieb Wieder Ivor Wieder

    Herman Weinstock Roman Weinstock

    Berek Wurzel Bluma Urbas (neé Wurzel)

    Herman Zelkovic Willie Zelkovic

    David Zweig Stepanka Dennett (neé Zweig)

    Esther Brunstein (neé Zylberberg) Perez Zylberberg

     

    List of Birthplaces

    Będzin, Poland

    Berehove, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)

    Berlin, Germany

    Bodrogkereztur, Hungary

    Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

    Budapest, Hungary

    Cottbus, Germany

    Dęblin-Irena, Poland

    Debrecen, Hungary

    Elbing, Germany (now Elbląg, Poland

    Fiume, Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia)

    Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia)

    Kurima, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

    London, UK

    Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

    Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

    Mako, Hungary

    Minsk, Poland (now Belarus)

    Mukačevo, Czzechoslovakia (now Ukraine)

    Praszka, Poland

    Piotrków, Poland

    Plešivec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

    Radom, Poland

    Starachowice, Poland

    Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

    Subcarpathian Rus, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)

    Tacovo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)

    Užhorod, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)

    Vienna, Austria

    Zlate Moravice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

    Photograph of the Luger Brothers, Millisle, c.1946.
    Transcarpathia
    The Fox brothers 1933.
    Photograph of Tatiana and Alessandra Bucci in the Weir Courtney hostel.
    Vienna, Austria
    Photograph of Schindler Brothers
    Photograph of Alec & Ivor Perl.
    Photograph of Market Hall, Radom, Poland 1917.
    Photograph of the Stern family before World War II.
    Photograph of Howard (Chaim) Chandler and brother, Harry (Herschel) Wajchandler
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