Leo Michel Abrami (M / France, 1931), Holocaust survivor

Leo Michel Abrami (M / France, 1931), Holocaust survivor.

• KEYWORDS : <Hidden Children> -- <United States>
• MEMOIRS : Evanding the Nazi (2009) / The Eleventh Commandment

Biography

Leo Michel Abrami was born in Paris, France, on Nov 10, 1931. He lived with his mother, brother, and grandmother. After the German army invaded France, Leo's mother thought it would be best if he moved to Evron outside of Normandy. There Leo remained hidden for two years before the Allied powers liberated France. After the war was over, Leo continued his education where he became a cantor. He worked in Geneva, Switzerland before traveling to the United States, where he attended the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and became an ordained rabbi.

Book : Evanding the Nazi (2009)

• Leo Michel Abrami, Evading the Nazis: The Story of a Hidden Child in Normandy (Denver: Outskirts Press, 2009).

"Evading the Nazis tells the story of a Jewish boy who lived in German-occupied France during World War II and the period that followed the liberation of Europe by the Allies. The author recounts some of the dangerous situations he faced during these years and how he eventually went into hiding on an isolated farm in Normandy where he stayed until the end of the war. In the years which followed the liberation, he entered a rabbinical seminary and he became a rabbi in the United States. The account is interspersed with vivid descriptions of how French people reacted to the presence of a foreign army in their country and how righteous individuals took upon themselves to save Jews from persecution, often at the risk of their lives.--Publisher description.