Testimony of Chaim Henri Feldman, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child while in hiding in Brussels and in an orphanage in Namur

Testimony of Chaim Henri Feldman, born in Brussels, Belgium in 1938, regarding his experiences as a child while in hiding in Brussels and in an orphanage in Namur Life in his parents' home; Finding him a hiding place in his aunt's home in Brussels; escape back to his family's home; receiving information regarding a deportation to Mechelen camp and from there to Auschwitz camp on Transport no. 16 in 1942; visit by two Belgian women who are members of the Belgian underground, Jeanne and Andrée Guelen; separation from his mother; Allied Forces' air-raids; transfer to Villa Mille Fleurs in Namur; life in hiding in an orphanage administered by the Kofette family; transfer from time to time to hiding places in monasteries in the area; use of the false name Felleman; receipt of personal number 1270; he studies in the monastery's school; visits in the church; receipt of help from the monk, La Perre Andre; search for Jews, carried out by the Germans; Allied Forces' invasion of Normandy in June 1944; liberation of the area by the US Army; meeting American Jewish pilots; first visit with his mother; start of the offensive attack against the Germans; Move to Andrée in Brussels with his mother; life with his family members; suffering from antisemitism at school; membership in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; stopping his studies; draft into the Belgian Army; antisemitic incident in 1957; aliya to Israel in the context of the Hashomer Hatzair movement; life in Kibbutz Beit Kama.