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In commemoration of Kristallnacht, Joan Halperin will discuss her bookMy Sister’s Eyes, the story of her family’s escape from Belgium in June of 1940. Her family members survived thanks to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese Consul who issued visas to Jews and others fleeing Nazi Germany during WWII.
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Excerpt from My Sister’s Eyes:
One Step Ahead of the Bombs - La Panne, Belgium, Friday, May 10, 1940
Thousands of desperate people were now amassed on the Belgian coast. They believed that they would be protected, that the enemy could never penetrate the Maginot Line. But they were worried. And then their turn came. Ignas and Hala were awoken before dawn by roaring motors. Incredulous, they watched from their balcony as billowing German parachutes streamed down like giant white teardrops. Stunned by the force of the blitzkrieg, all they could do as they waited for Ignas’ brother and his wife to join them, was to listen to news reports …
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