Testimony of Aharon Henri Kalchheim Shahak, born in Lens, France, 1938, regarding his experiences in Roanne and Briennon

Testimony of Aharon Henri Kalchheim Shahak, born in Lens, France, 1938, regarding his experiences in Roanne and Briennon His child in a home with Zionist parents originally from Poland; attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel from France; receipt of a certificate one week before the German Army occupation of France. Escape by train ot the south of France; air-raids on the train; [arrival of] refugees to the Roanne area; life in Briennon; receives protection under the auspices of the local priest during the war years; capture of his father; rescue of his father by the priest; help by his parents in the rescue of other people; liberation. Move to Roanne; aliya to Eretz Israel using the certificate, July 1945; life in Israel.