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Peter Feigl was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1929. Fleeing antisemitism, his family ended up in southern France in 1940. He was attending a Quaker summer camp when his parents were arrested and sent to Auschwitz. Peter was hidden by residents in the Protestant village Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and eventually made his way to neutral Switzerland with the help of the Jewish underground.
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Survivor Reflections and Testimonies
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