Miracle of the orphans who escaped the gas chambers: Two Jewish boys who were among 13 children saved from the Nazis after they were hidden in a Belgian hospital are reunited after 76 years to reveal their incredible story
Jacques Weisser and Bill Frankenstein were among only 13 of 39 Jewish children from the orphanage in Antwerp to escape the Holocaust and survive the War
Aged one, the boys were spirited away from the Nazis tightening their grip on Antwerp and hidden at Sint-Erasmus Hospital
The only memory Jacques had of Bill was from two black and white photos of them both taken in 1944 after Belgium was liberated
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Author of the article: Nick Lees • Edmonton Journal
Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • Waiting in a deportation camp in Second World War Brussels, from where Jewish people were sent to concentration and extermination camps in Eastern Europe, are a group of Jewish children under five, including (back row, second and third from left) Jacques Wengrowicz (later Jack Cohen) and four-year-old twin brother Leon Wengrowicz (later Leon Cohen.) News of their plight reached Yvonne Nevejean, leader of the Children s National Care Authority in Belgium. The organization fought and saved the lives of some 150 children. The twins were flown to Canada in 1947 in a group of 1,116 youngsters and adopted by Edmonton s Harry and Lillian Cohen. Supplied