Icek Litwin - '45 Aid Society

Litwin was born on 6 June 1932, in the Polish industrial city of Łódź.

Litwin 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.

Litwin’s parents were Berk and Szajndla. His brother is Mordka Litwin who also survived the Holocaust and was one of the Boys.

In 1939, Łódź was Poland’s second largest city and a major industrial centre. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, the city and surrounding area were incorporated into the Third Reich. The city was then known by its German name of Litzmannstadt.

The Litwin was imprisoned in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto, which the second largest ghetto in German occupied Poland.

Slave Labour

In August 1944 as the ghetto was liquidated, Litwin was taken to the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp with his brother and parents. He was selected as a slave labourer along with his brother. They remained in Auschwitz until December 1944.

He was then moved and forced to work at the Reichswerke Hermann Göring, Nazi industrial conglomerate. He was then transported to both Ravensbruck and Ludwigslust-Wöbbelin concentration camps in Germany.

After liberation, he was housed in DP camps in Bavaria.

Icek Litwin’s Journey 1939-1946

^{Pre-war life: Łódź, Poland. Forced Journey: → Łódź Ghetto → Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp → Ravensbrück concentration camp → Ludwiglust-Wöbbelin concentration camp. After liberation: → Föhrenwald DP camp → Joins 2nd Group of the Boys → Wintershill Hall reception centre.}

A New Life

Litwin arrived in the UK in October 1945 as part of the second group of the Boys.

He spent time at the Wintershill reception centre.

He sailed to the USA on the General Sturgas in March 1951.

Name:

Icek Litwin

Birthplace:

Łódź, Poland

Yiddish Name:

Lodhz

Ghetto:

Litzmannstadt Ghetto

Lone Child:

Hidden Child:

Deportation destination:

Auschwitz

Camps:

Auschwitz
Ravensbrück
Ludwigslust-Wöbbelin

Liberation:

Ludwiglust-Wöbbelin, Germany

Displaced Person Camp:

Föhrenwald-Wolfratshausen DP Camp

Repatriation:

Return Home:

unknown

Arrival in UK:

October 1945

Group:

The second group

Point of Arrival:

Southampton, UK

Hostels:

Wintershill Hall

Left UK:

1951

Destination:

USA

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