In the Footsteps of the Holocaust : The Story and Letters of a German Jewish Family

leave the country. Hermann and Henny fled Germany for Brussels, but when Belgium was invaded in 1940 they were sent to Paris, and then found refuge in a village in the south-west of France. Here, 'ordinary' people gave them shelter, work and friendship and shared their lives during the dark days of 1941 and 1942.When French police acting on the orders of the Vichy government and the Nazi occupiers of France arrested Hermann and Henny, it was part of a round-up of Jews to deport them for extermination. After a long journey, they were murdered in Auschwitz in September 1942.An active memory of the Hartog family lives on. In France and Germany, 'ordinary' people remember their names, commemorate their legacy, and work to build communities where tolerance, acceptance, and friendship can thrive. [Publisher's Text]