Tanya Kessler - '45 Aid Society

Kessler was born Tanya Muench in Berlin, Germany in 1939.

Kessler 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:

Tanya Kessler

Also known as:

Tanya Muench

Birthplace:

Berlin, Germany

Ghetto:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Lone Child:

Hidden Child:

Deportation destination:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Liberation:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Displaced Person Camp:

Pitter’s Castles

Repatriation:

Return Home:

Arrival in UK:

August 1945

Group:

The first group

Point of Arrival:

Crosby-on-Eden, UK

Hostels:

Windermere
Weir Courtney
Lingfield House

Destination:

USA

Destination:

Australia

Settled in:

Adopted:

Yes

Gallery:

Photograph of Front L to R: Hedy Friedman, Zdenka Husserl, Mirjam Stern, Hanka Traub, Judith Singer, Tanja Muench, Ruth Kamaryth Sylvia Grüner and Eva Traub. Back row: Milly Schwarz, Magda Liberman.