Testimony of Yechiel Charles Pe'er Protzel, born in Liège, Belgium, in 1938, regarding escape from Belgium in May 1940 and his experiences in France and Switzerland

Testimony of Yechiel Charles Pe'er Protzel, born in Liège, Belgium, in 1938, regarding escape from Belgium in May 1940 and his experiences in France and Switzerland Testimony regarding the family before the war; German occupation in May 1940; escape of his family to the north and then to the south of France; wandering in the woods; arrival at Gigean; life under a non-Jewish identity; church visits; being informed against after some nine months; deportation by French gendarmes to Agde; finding a hiding place while a group of children is taken; disappearance of the children; after a month or so receiving a false confirmation from the camp doctor regarding pregnancy of his mother; release from the camp; escape of his family and changing hiding places in Nice, Marseille, and Sète; receiving help from the underground; failed attempt to escape to Spain; smuggling across the border to Switzerland in October 1943; end of the war in May 1945; return to Liège; antisemitism after the war; aliya to Israel in 1949; absorption.