In My Dad's Own Words: Rene Duschler - neighbor & friend

Written by Jack Bienstock. Revised and Edited by Beverly Margolies
© Beverly Margolies

INTRO - Why write this? What follows is an excerpt from my dad's Intro explaining his reasoning for writing...
There is something unique and extraordinary about our past. We were born in Europe, me in France in 1921, and my wife in Germany in 1923. We were both born to Jewish parents and were living in France in 1939 when the second World War started. We lived under the German occupation of France. We escaped the Germans and were lucky to survive. What we went through during the occupation can not compare to what happened to the Jews that were deported to concentration camps where six million Jews lost their lives. But the fact is that because we were Jews living in Europe at that time our lives were always in danger during the war years 1939 to 1945. We are Jewish survivors of the holocaust.