Ei86
My family was forced into the ghetto. I smuggled food to save them. I escaped, was hidden by a Catholic priest, then caught and sent to Buchenwald. I escaped from a train, was shot, and hid in a German village, pretending to be Christian. When I was liberated by the Soviets, I was 17 years old and weighed 65 pounds. I met soldiers from the Jewish Brigade, stayed in a displaced persons camp in Paris, and ultimately was brought to the USA by American soldiers. Gloria and I married in 1947. We have two children, Jay and Leah, and one granddaughter, Danielle. I want each and every child to remember.
Sochaczew, Poland
Eddie Ilan