Avigdor Viktor Klagsbald

Testimony of Avigdor Viktor Klagsbald, born in Berlin, Germany in 1924, regarding his experiences in Berlin, Antwerp, Paris and in service in the French underground in Chateauneuf Life before the war; religious family; his mother's family works in the diamond trade; members of his mother's family serve in the leadership of the Jewish community; his parents own a textile factory; he attends a Jewish religious school; German occupation; wearing a yellow badge; theft of holy books from his grandfather's home; escape to Antwerp; crossing the border to Paris and to the south of France with the help of forged Belgian passports; refugee camp life; his parents meet again in the camp; the witness joins the French underground in Chateauneuf; underground activities; his parents are hidden by farmers; liberation; Return to Paris in 1944; activities on behalf of aliya to Eretz Israel; receipt of medals of excellence and honor; aliya to Eretz Israel.