Harry Olmer - '45 Aid Society

Olmer was born in Sosnowiec, Poland on 15 November 1927.

Olmer 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 Harry Olmer in Windermere in 1945.

^{Harry Olmer in Windermere, 1945.}

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Name:

Harry Olmer

Also known as:

Chaim Olmer
Efraim Mincberg

Birthplace:

Sosnowiec, Poland

Yiddish Name:

Sosnovitz

Lone Child:

Hidden Child:

Deportation destination:

Kraków-Płaszów

Camps:

Kraków-Płaszów
Skarżysko-Kamienna
Buchenwald
Schlieben-Berga

Death March/Train:

Schlieben-Berga to Theresienstadt

Liberation:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Displaced Person Camp:

Terezín
Belgická Orphanage

Repatriation:

Return Home:

Arrival in UK:

August 1945

Group:

The first group

Point of Arrival:

Crosby-on-Eden

Hostels:

Windermere
Cardross
Glasgow Langside

Military Service:

British Army

Settled in:

Publication:

Harry Olmer, My Revenge on Hitler is my Family (My Voice 2024)

Testament:

Olmer has made numerous testimonies and works in Holocaust education

Main Quilt:

Quilt Square:

Gallery:

Photograph of Harry Olmer and Krulik Wilder.