Children of the Holocaust: Stories of Survival - Willy Halpert

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b. 1933 in Metz, France He was nine when the Nazis suddenly arrested his father on the streets of Antwerp. Willy was hidden by the Belgian underground and kept in boarding schools until the war’s end. 00:00 - Intro 02:41 - Before the War 07:38 - Germany Invades Antwerp, 1940 12:53 - Hidden Child 15:23 - Chateau Beloeil 22:05 - College Pater Jozefieten 25:10 - Liberation, 1945 27:19 - Andree Geulen 32:06 - After the War 35:45 - Zionism 39:40 - Telling His Story 40:10 - Faith 41:12 - Insights ________________________________ About CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST: STORIES OF SURVIVAL From 1941 to 1945, Germany's Nazi regime murdered two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. Of the six million Jews who were victims of this genocide known as the Holocaust, an estimated 1.5 million were children. Against all odds, some managed to survive. Project producer Laura Markowitz interviewed 19 child survivors of the Holocaust who now live in Southern Arizona. These first-hand accounts describe the brutality they witnessed and the acts of kindness that saved them. This multi-platform, living-history project documents one of the darkest periods in human history — before this generation is gone and their stories are lost to us forever. https://azpm.org/childrenoftheholocaust