Erika Grossman - '45 Aid Society

Grossman was born Erika Vermes on 14 May 1931 in Topolcany in Czechoslovakia.

Grossman 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 the protective document issued to Erika Vermes by the Swedish Red Cross in September 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. The document states that Erika's name appears on the passenger list of a Swedish children's transport that is about to leave Hungary and appeals to the authorities to let her remain at her current residence until the time of her departure.

^{Protective document issued to Erika Vermes by the Swedish Red Cross in September 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. The document states that Erika’s name appears on the passenger list of a Swedish children’s transport that is about to leave Hungary and appeals to the authorities to let her remain at her current residence until the time of her departure.}

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Name:

Erika Grossman

Also known as:

Erika Vermes

Ghetto:

Budapest Ghetto

Lone Child:

yes

Hidden Child:

Liberation:

Budapest, Hungary

Repatriation:

Return Home:

yes

Arrival in UK:

June 1946

Group:

The fourth group

Point of Arrival:

Newhaven, UK

Hostels:

The Jews’ Temporary Shelter

Left UK:

1949

Destination:

USA

Main Quilt:

Gallery:

Photograph of the Vermes and Beck families taken outside Aladar Vermes' photo studio in Topolcany, Slovakia in 1931. Pictured in the front row from left to right are: Robert Vermes, Adolf Beck, Manci Vermes and an unidentified cousin. In the back row are: Aladar Vermes, Helena (Beck) Vermes, Pista Beck, Manci Beck and Ernest Beck. Erika Vermes is in the baby carriage at the left. Only Erika, Helena and Ernest survived the war.