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Gilbert, Martin,
1936-2015.
The boys :
the untold story of 732 young concentration camp survivors /
Martin Gilbert.
1st American ed.
New York, N.Y. :
Henry Holt & Company,
1997.
xv, 511 p. :
ill., maps ;
25 cm.
""A Marian Wood book."".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pre-war years -- The coming of war -- In the ghettos -- The days of deportation -- In the labour camps -- Auschwitz -- Buchenwald -- Surviving as slaves -- On the death marches -- Theresienstadt -- Liberation -- Crosby-on-Eden -- Windermere -- Southampton -- Further flights -- Life in the hostels -- The search -- The Primrose Club -- Soldiers -- New paths -- New worlds -- ""Laying a foundation for the future"" -- The '45 Aid Society.
""In 1945, Britain offered to take in 1,000 young survivors [of the Holocaust]. Only 732 could be found. Flown to England, they became a close-knit band of friends."" After sharing their annual reunions for twenty years with historian Martin Gilbert, the men and women of ""The Boys"" asked him to share their recollections and experiences.
Jewish children in the Holocaust
Biography.
Jewish children
Poland
Biography.
Jewish children
Hungary
Biography.
Holocaust survivors
Great Britain
Biography.
Jews
Great Britain
Biography.