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I was born in Berlin, Germany in 1925. Following my mother’s death, my father sent me to the Auerbach Orphanage. On November 9, 1938, Kristallnacht, one hundred  children were herded into the synagogue and almost gassed to death. It was then I knew that life would never be the same. I left on a Kindertransport to France on July 4, 1939. The American Quakers helped us to escape to Chabannes in unoccupied France; we were cared for by the Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE). In June 1942, I was reunited with my father in the United States. I joined the U.S. Army under General Patton until the end of the war.

 

Berlin, Germany

Stephan Lewy