These pages document the histories of hidden Jewish children Manfred Wildmann and Sylvia Birnbaum Wildmann and their families in Germany, France, and Belgium during World War II. Sylvia translated the wartime letters exchanged by Manfred’s family members as they attempted to survive in France. Later, she published her own memoirs about her childhood in Germany, escape to Belgium, and life as a hidden child.
We took a family roots trip to Belgium and Germany. Participants were Manfred and Sylvia; Nadine and kids and spouses, Eli and Ron, Ginat and Adi, and Yona; Hugo, his wife Laura, their kids Marshall and Leah; Viviane and her husband Dan, their kids Joshua, Evan and Mira; and Margot and John’s son Mark and his wife Alina
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