Fred Findling

"Education is the greatest opportunity for success in life no matter what you do."

Name at birth
Siegfried Findling
Date of birth
01/01/1930
Where were you born?
Name of father, occupation
David, itinerant worker
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Etla Gotesdiener, Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents and five children: Joseph, Fanny, Fred, Martin and Regina
How many in entire extended family?
9
Who survived the Holocaust?
Joseph, Martin, Fanny, Regina, my uncle Chaskiel, my cousin Joseph and myself
Where were you in hiding?
France, by Pyrenees Mountains in castle Chateaux de La Hille
Occupation after the war
Lawyer, civil rights activist
What do you think helped you to survive?
Left Germany to Brussels with siblings. Escaped by freight train to France.
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
Education is the greatest opportunity for success in life no matter what you do.

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