Paul Peter Porges (M / Austria, 1927), Holocaust survivor
Paul Peter Porges (M / Austria, 1927), Holocaust survivor
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Biography
Paul Peter Porges (7 Feb 1927) was born in Vienna, Austria, to Gustav and Jeanette. He was a refugee in France at Chateau de La Guette with his older brother Kurt. In 1940–41 he wandered through the French countryside alone at the age of 13 to avoid capture by the Nazis.
Porges was ultimately captured and interned at Rivesaltes. He escaped by hiding in a garbage collection, and make it to Toulouse. Eventually he was smuggled to Switzerland along with other juvenile refugees on 25 Jan 1943.
Paul Peter Porges became an American cartoonist whose work appeared in many places, including The New Yorker, Mad magazine, Playboy, Harper's, Look and the Saturday Evening Post. Died 20 Dec 2016 in Kingston, Jamaica.