My parents were born in Poland. We moved to Brussels, Belgium, in My parents had a Jewish restaurant. We were a well-off family. We were talking Yiddish at home, and we were politicaly involved: my father was "bundiste" note: could be compared to socialist.
O n May 10th, , the war started in Belgium. On May 12th, we were summoned to the French consulat de France where we received a orders to evacuate. I n September , I had the opportunity to return to Belgium by a train reserved for French citizens. I went back to school, continued my studies and the all-day life was restored.
In we received the order to wear the Jews star. This star, some days I wore, other days I didn't. It depended how I was feeling, where I was going and who I was with at the time. I have seen my friends from the "Red Falcons" and from different youth movements we continued our meetings. T here was no anti-semitism at school , I mean no active anti-semitism, except maybe from one of the boys in my class who had nazi opinions and who became later member of a nazi youth organization.
He was my friend until end of At this time he really became a nazi and our friendship was over. One day, some of my friends had a big fight with him, just because he injured me.
He has been seriously beat up. I have been called by the director of the school, who asked to me to stay two or three days at home because nobody knew what the reactions of the boy will be. In fact, there were no special reactions and I never saw him again. It seems he was killed somewhere on the Eastern Front I n June , when we received orders to place a sign on our restaurant saying "Jewish Enterprise", my parents have decided to stop their political activities and to close the restaurant.
