Testimony of Shlomo Shenker Fisher, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1936, regarding his experiences in Paris, in hiding in a school in Paris and in a village in the Grenoble area

Testimony of Shlomo Shenker Fisher, born in Brussels, Belgium, 1936, regarding his experiences in Paris, in hiding in a school in Paris and in a village in the Grenoble area Family life before the war. German occupation, May 1940; escape of the family to Paris; death of the witness' little brother en route; anti-Jewish legislation; yellow badge; travel limitations; concentration of the Jewish males in a stadium in Paris, summer 1942; detention of his father; escape of his father from detention and his hiding in the house; displays of antisemitism at school; capture of the family in their home, late 1943; escape of the witness from the apartment; in hiding in a circus in the city; wandering in the streets; arrival at the school he had previously attended a few days later; being hidden by the school principal; transfer to a hiding place in a village in the area of Grenoble a few weeks later; life in hiding, including hunger; liberation by the US Army, summer 1944. Life after the war; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; re-aliya to Eretz Israel a few months later; life in Eretz Israel.