I was born in Paris in 1929 and lived through the dark years of Nazi occupation, during which my family was deported to Auschwitz while I found refuge in a Catholic seminary. As a teenager, I joined the French Resistance group Groupe Soleil, fighting against German forces with a Sten machine gun under the nickname “Ouistiti.” After the war, my path led me from dental school to helping smuggle weapons for the Irgun, before eventually deserting the French Army and making my way to Canada and later California. Come to Portraits of Survival to learn more.