They Are Still Alive

When the Germany army invaded Belgium in May 1940 Phillip Pressel and his parents, a Jewish family, fled to France. They survived with false identification papers, but were subjected to many frightening moments, escapes from being arrested, bombings and street roundups. Philip underwent forced separation from his parents in 1944. He was sheltered by a kind Catholic family in a small village in central France. Neither he nor his parents knew whether they would ever see each other again. Here he saw, up close, many frightening and dangerous episodes.