Michael Stern

Stern was born Mietek Szternfeld in Zgierz in central Poland in 1930.

Stern 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.

Mietek Szternfeld ID Card

Mietek Szternfeld’s ID Card

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Name:
Michael Stern
Also known as:
Mietek Szternfeld
Lone Child:
yes
Hidden Child:
no
Liberation:
Theresienstadt Ghetto
Displaced Person Camp:
Terezín
Belgická Orphanage
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
unknown
Arrival in UK:
August 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Crosby-on-Eden
Military Service:
US Army
Left UK:
1951
Destination:
USA
Lived in:
USA
Settled in:
UK
Testament:
None
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