Marta Cornell

Cornell was born Marta Gruber on 18 October 1929 in Békéscsaba in southeastern Hungary.

Cornell 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:
Marta Cornell
Also known as:
Marta Gruber
Yiddish Name:
Tatcsaba
Lone Child:
no
Hidden Child:
no
Deportation destination:
Auschwitz
Death March/Train:
Fallersleben to Salzwedel
Liberation:
Salzwedel
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:
Unknown
Destination:
USA
Settled in:
USA
Testament:
None
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