Solomon Perel
German-Jewish Holocaust survivor and author of Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon, published in English as Europa, Europa
Solomon Perel (21 April 1925 — 2 February 2023), also Shlomo Perel or Sally Perel, was a German-born Israeli author and motivational speaker. He was born in Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany to a German Jewish family. He escaped persecution by the Nazis by pretending to be an ethnic German.[1]
His life story is told in the 1990 movie Europa Europa loosely based on his autobiography Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon (I Was Hitler Youth Salomon).
References
change- ↑ Perel, Solomon (1997). Europa Europa. John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN 0-471-17218-9.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Solomon Perel at Wikimedia Commons
- College course page with 3 text excerpts and 5 photographs
- Student paper with summary, discussion and links