WWII-Safety in a Basque Baserri
Posted on May 13th, 2009 by jguerricabeitia
Robert Herschkowit, a Belgium native, recounts his harrowing tale of survival during the Nazi invasion of Western Europe in this article in todays Snohomish county HeraldNet. Along the way he tells of how his father escaped the Nazis and ultimately ended up at the door step of a farm house in Southern France. Fortunately, for him the family living there was Basque and welcomed him. Eventually they put him in touch with French resistance which helped to locate and free Robert and his mother and reunite him with his father.
Hear Herschkowitz tell his story-
Holocaust survivor Robert Herschkowitz speaks about his escape from the Nazis from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Everett Community College, 2000 N. Tower St., in Whitehorse Hall, Room 105. The event is free.
The original article can be found at-
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090512/NEWS01/705129880