Sally Perel gained world-wide popularity with his autobiography. It tells the unbelievable story of a Jewish boy who managed to hide his identity during the days of Nazi terror in Europe, thus escaping from being murdered – unlike around 6 million Jews, who were not successful at saving their lives at the time.
At 91, he is now one of the last survivors and contemporary witnesses, which made him publish the story of his life. In it, his intention is to remind young people today of the crimes of 1933-1945, thus avoiding a repetition of those terrible events. During a visit to our school on 19 October, he gave a 90 minutes` lecture, telling our students about the most striking experiences/events of his life. He also discussed modern forms of xenophobic phenomena in Germany and begged the young people to be vigilant.
The listeners were deeply impressed by the emotional touch in his life story, as well as by the lessons he has learned from it. At the end of the lecture he asked students to keep the memory of his words and of him as an individual. May they carry his ethics and values out in the world. By listening to his words, Mr. Perel has made the students contemporary witnesses now, with the task of preventing the repetition of old mistakes made in the old Germany.
