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Thousand Belgian Jews were murdered by the NAZIs. The horrifying details of their tragic stories for the most part will never be known, Along with account of the thousands murderd are the the accounts of the much smaller number od survivors. The Bild family were German Jews of Polish ancestry. The NAZIs deported them to Poland before the War. They managed to reach Belgium and were interned by Belgian authorities. When the Germans invaded Belgium (May 1940), the family escaped and his in Brussels. They hid their little girth Ruth in a convent. The Bild family is an example of how the Germans Jews because they more fully understood the situation managed to evade the NAZIs better than the local Jews. The Goldstein family and their two little boys, Jack and Bobby, were straded in Belgium aftter the German onvasion. They were Austrian Jews who fled to Belgium after the Anchsluss. Another example of German/Austrian Jews who managed to survive in Belgium. There are also the castle children, although we do not yet have details on the story. It is particularly interesting because it involved a group of Jewish children. Hising individual Jews was difficult enough. Attempting to hide a group of children was virtually suicidal.
The Bild family were German Jews of Polish ancestry. The NAZIs deported them to Poland before the War. They managed to reach Belgium and were interned by Belgian authorities. When the Germans invaded Belgium (May 1940), the family escaped and his in Brussels. They hid their little girth Ruth in a convent. The Bild family is an example of how the Germans Jews because they more fully understood the situation managed to evade the NAZIs better than the local Jews.
The Goldstein family with their two little boys, Jack and Bobby, were also stranded in Belgium after te German invasion. They were Austrian Jews who fled to Belgium after the Anchsluss. Another example of German/Austrian Jews who managed to survive in Belgium.
There are also the castle children, a group of Jewish children who were hidden from the NAZIs in a castle (figure 1). We do not yet have details on the story. These Jewish children were lodged in a castle and hidden by a Belgian prince. (I think a brother of the king). Hideing individual Jews was difficult enough. Attempting to hide a group of children was virtually suicidal. After liberation the children were moved to Egland and eventually taken in by Israel.
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