EPISODE · Aug 12, 2009
Margit Meissner: Flight from Paris on a Bicycle
from First Person Podcast · host USHMM
Margit Meissner discusses her flight from Paris just before the city fell to the Germans in June 1940. Margit and her mother were Austrian citizens living in Paris, which meant they were considered “enemy aliens” because Austria was annexed by Germany in 1938. They were ultimately separated and Margit was left with the responsibility of getting safely out of Paris on her own.
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