Joe Stone

Stone was born Josef Himmelstein in 1930 in Iwieniec, Poland, 88km west of Minsk, which is today Ivyanets in Belarus.

Stone 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.

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Name:
Joe Stone
Also known as:
Josef Himmelstein
Birthplace:
Iwieniec, Poland
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
no
Deportation destination:
Minsk Ghetto
Liberation:
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Displaced Person Camp:
Belsen-Hohne DP Camp
Repatriation:
no
Return Home:
no
Arrival in UK:
October 1945
Group:
Point of Arrival:
Southampton, UK
Left UK:
1948
Destination:
Israel
Settled in:
USA
Testament:
US Shoah Foundation
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