Testimony of Helen (Brakhfeld) Opolion, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1937, regarding being hidden by a Belgian Christian family in Bois de Villers and in a monastery in Liege

Testimony of Helen (Brakhfeld) Opolion, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1937, regarding being hidden by a Belgian Christian family in Bois de Villers and in a monastery in Liege Escape under bombardment to Boulogne, France with her family, 1939, and return to Antwerp; German occupation, 1940; arrest of her father and his deportation to a concentration camp following betrayal by a Belgian friend, 1942; escape with her mother and brother and being hidden by a Belgian couple in Bois de Villers; obtaining forged documents and hiding in the village; shortages and hunger; transfer to a monastery in Liege, 1943; life in the monastery; removal from the monastery by her mother and return to the Belgian couple in Bois de Villers; liberation by the US Army, 1944; escape and hiding in Namur and Charleroi due to the reoccupation by the Germans, 1944; liberation by the US Army; Return to Antwerp with her mother and brother, 1946; immigration to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1951; life in Brazil; return to Antwerp, Belgium, 1956; rehabilitation of her life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1977; absorption.