When Leo and his brother returned home to Bagnolet the German army had taken over Paris, which happened on June 14, 1940. The French and German government signed an Armistice Agreement on June 22, 1940, which Bergen illustrates as, "Under the terms…

With the Nazis invasion of France in May of 1940, Leo’s mother was afraid of what might take place, so she arranged to send Leo and his brother to the island of Oléron. (Abrami, 8) Leo and his brother had to take a train to La Rochelle. They then…

Leo Michel Abrami (originally Leo’s last name was Abramowski) was born on November 10, 1931 in France. Leo lived with his brother, Robert, his mother, Anna and grandmother, Carlotta or “Lotta”. Leo’s parents had divorced when he was one and half…