Given name: Bolesław Family name: Szpilberg

Talented, from rich house. A student on drawing courses organized for teenagers by the Judenrat in 1941. As a British subject he had the responsibility to periodically report to Gestapo. For a large sum of money he bought Italian birth certificate, registered himself under his own surname but as a Italian citizen, he did not have to wear a band. As a British subject he had to register at the Gestapo in July 1942. He was probably on the list of the people intended for exchange for German POWs.

The author does not explain how Bolek came back to his British citizenship.