Testimony of Shmuel Sami Troper, born in Strasbourg, France, 1931, regarding his experiences in Strasbourg and Le Chatre

Testimony of Shmuel Sami Troper, born in Strasbourg, France, 1931, regarding his experiences in Strasbourg and Le Chatre His parents were originally from Poland; receipt of French citizenship; life in Strasbourg. Transfer of the residents of the Alsace region to Vichy; German Army occupation of France, 1940; decision [by his family] to move to Le Chatre;; life in a house owned by the Church in La Chatre including the confiscation of transportation vehicles by the Germans; "Aktions"; receipt of advance knowledge regarding the "Aktions"; in hiding in a local clubhouse during an "Aktion"; rescue; liberation. Witness learns in a yeshiva; joins the Bnei Akiva movement; aliya to Israel to Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, 1950.