1938: twin brother died in infancy.

1940: german invasion/family headed south but had no place to go.
Return to paris.

1942: Nuremberg laws.

September 1943: germans deported father to forced labor camp at Channel Islands. Hid by family galop with mother and two sisters for more than six months.

1943-1944: had to hide again with communist neighbors ménétriers.
Catholic boarding school in Montfermeil.

August 1944: allied powers liberated Paris. Mother brought children back home.

August 1944: father was sent to german concentration camp by train. Liberated by Belgium resistance. Walked home from Dixmude, Belgium and arrived at the morning of Rosh Hashanah.

Lest We Forget Washington, D.C. 07-13-2018