Gad Josef

Gad Josef was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1942.

Josef 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 Children in Bulldogs Bank hostel.

The Children in Bulldogs Bank hostel.

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Name:
Gad Josef
Also known as:
Godfrey Josef Jacobsen

Birthplace:
Berlin, Germany
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
no
Deportation destination:
Theresienstadt Ghetto
Liberation:
Theresienstadt Ghetto
Displaced Person Camp:
Pitter’s Castles
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
no
Arrival in UK:
August 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Crosby-on-Eden, Uk
Left UK:
1946
Destination:
USA
Settled in:
USA
Adopted:
Yes
Testament:
None
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