Howard Chandler

Chandler was born Chaim Wajchendler in Starachowice (Wierzbnik) in Poland in December 1928.

Chandler 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 Howard (Chaim) Chandler and brother, Harry (Herschel) Wajchandler

Howard (Chaim) Chandler and brother, Harry (Herschel) Wajchandler.

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Name:
Howard Chandler
Also known as:
Chaim Wajchendler
Yiddish Name:
Virzbnik
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
no
Deportation destination:
Starachowice
Liberation:
Theresienstadt Ghetto
Displaced Person Camp:
Terezín
Belgická Orphanage
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
no
Arrival in UK:
August 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Crosby-on-Eden, UK
Left UK:
December 1947
Destination:
Canada
Testament:
Wajchandler is active in Holocaust education and has given numerous testaments
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