Testimony of Mordekhai Maxim Feier Milman, born in Liege, Belgium, in 1934, about his escape to the south of France and life under a false identity

Testimony of Mordekhai Maxim Feier Milman, born in Liege, Belgium, in 1934, about his escape to the south of France and life under a false identity Family background; parents escape from Moldova to Eretz Israel pursuant to coup; parents escape to Belgium pursuant to 1929 violence in Eretz Israel; witness placed in a children's home; war breaks out in 1940; family immediately escapes by train to Montpellier, in the south of Frnce; arrested by French police; sent to the Agade camp; life with mother and sisters; scant memories of the camp; older brother works at camp headquarters; news about transport from the camp arrives; family given permission by camp commander to leave in order to "go shopping"; family escapes and wanders among villages in Provence; reaches Enswess; family lives in the village under a false identity as Christian refugees; witness attends local school; father grows vegetables and raises rabbits; life without deprivation; witness unaware of his Jewishness; groups of Germans visit a countess's palace in the village for vacation; parents ask to remain at home at these times; witness attends church and participates in youth choir; life in the village until American forces liberate the area in summer 1944; witness moves to Marseille; goes to school; immigrates to Eretz Israel with family in summer 1945; adjusts to life in Eretz Israel; life since his immigration.