Solly Irving - '45 Aid Society

Irving was born Szlama Judenschneider in Ryki in central Poland in 1930.

Irving 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:

Solly Irving

Also known as:

Szlama Judenschneider

Birthplace:

Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Yiddish Name:

Riki

Ghetto:

Ryki Ghetto
Dęblin-Irena Ghetto

Lone Child:

yes

Hidden Child:

yes

Deportation destination:

Częstochowa-HASAG

Camps:

Częstochowa-HASAG
Buchenwald

Death March/Train:

Buchenwald to Theresienstadt

Liberation:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Displaced Person Camp:

Terezín
Belgická Orphanage

Repatriation:

Return Home:

yes

Arrival in UK:

August 1945

Group:

The first group

Point of Arrival:

Crosby-on-Eden

Hostels:

Windermere
Gateshead

Military Service:

Machal Volunteer

Settled in:

Testament:

British Library & Lake District Holocaust Education Project

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