Holocaust survivors brought to the Lake District as children gather in Prague

A group of Holocaust survivors who were brought to Britain after escaping the Nazi horrors have gathered in Prague to recreate a 74-year-old photograph. 

In 1945, the group of 300 children posed in the Old Town Square in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia, after they were freed from Theresienstadt concentration camp. 

They were taken to the Lake District to recover and became known as the Windermere Boys. 

Now in 2019, the last 10 survivors have gathered on the same spot in Prague to take the same picture again with hundreds of their relatives. 

1945: This picture shows a group of Holocaust survivors known as the Windermere Boys, after the beauty spot in the Lake District where they were taken after escaping the horrors of World War II. They are posing in Prague's Old Town Square in what was then Czechoslovakia, in front of a memorial to 15th-century religious reformer Jan Hus

1945: This picture shows a group of Holocaust survivors known as the Windermere Boys, after the beauty spot in the Lake District where they were taken after escaping the horrors of World War II. They are posing in Prague's Old Town Square in what was then Czechoslovakia, in front of a memorial to 15th-century religious reformer Jan Hus

2019: The last 10 survivors return to Prague with 200 relatives from all over the world, 74 years after they were liberated from Nazi camps in Czechoslovakia. Most of them settled elsewhere in the UK but they meet once a year. The group is also planning a memorial event to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2020

2019: The last 10 survivors return to Prague with 200 relatives from all over the world, 74 years after they were liberated from Nazi camps in Czechoslovakia. Most of them settled elsewhere in the UK but they meet once a year. The group is also planning a memorial event to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2020

Trevor Avery, director of the Lake District Holocaust project, said: 'This photo is iconic. It's the beginning of their time in Windermere. 

'They'd come from hell on earth and here they were coming to Wordsworth's paradise. It was extraordinary. 

'It was incredibly moving to be stood in front of the monument. The most moving part was when the group started singing in Hebrew and Yiddish. These were the songs their mothers and fathers would have sung. 

'They were the most heart-aching, beautiful voices heard across the town square in Prague. It sent shivers down my spine.' 

Around 200 people - the children and grandchildren of the survivors - flew from across the world including the US, Canada and Israel to take part in the recreation. 

According to the Lake District Holocaust Project, the children were

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