The Diaries of a Young Boy

Peter Feigl was attending a Quaker summer camp in France in 1942 when he learned that his parents had been arrested. The Nazis and their French collaborators had rounded them up with other Jews. The next day, Peter began recording his feelings and experiences in a diary, planning to share it with his parents when they reunited. But that day never came.
As we mark Anne Frank's birthday, meet Peter, who as a young boy wrote about his uncertainties and trauma during the Holocaust.
Guest
Peter Feigl, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer
Host
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
See Peter’s first diary (and the English translation) where he recorded his experiences and fears during the Holocaust:
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Learn about other children who wrote diaries and survived the Holocaust:
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[@jsteiner3361]

Thank you, Peter, for sharing a part of your story. ❤

[@lisapolk5263]

So sorry for your sufferings and loss. I admire your strength and thank you for sharing your experiences💕

[@sylviahoskins5757]

Wonderful testimony. Greetings from Scotland.

[@wednesday974]

Thank you for sharing your experience. May I suggest you begin writing again sharing your experience in the new life you were able to create.

[@laurakaupas1131]

Thank you for giving this to us. Personal history lessons are so important to be given --- especially for free and in audio. Having my grandchild listen to this is important because she never got the real history education that she needed to have within her school system. This kind of education is now a blessing -- thank you again.

[@SusanKoch-ui4wv]

What a tribute to Peter's parents that they raised such a resilient and resourceful young man. His diaries are amazing. Thank you to the Museum for sharing this moving story.

[@tanyasky7488]

Heartbreaking 🥺

[@kayfitzgerald309]

Thank you Mr. Peter Fiegal, you are AMAZING 💙🧡💙

[@cricket6921]

Thank you, sir. Have you considered publishing your work?

[@carolynboxmeyer7622]

Greetings from Philadelphia, PA

[@fuensantacampillogomez3288]

Qué valentía de padres e hijo!Ominosos tiempos que, con su diario, nos ayuda a no olvidar. Gracias!

[@WilliamAndScout]

Very touching.

[@debbiestyer453]

Thank you for this video.

[@monkeyhighlord4412]

Heartwarming🤗

[@katriel8693]

Ty from Kath in the UK

[@Xestra37490]

I visited the house she was last were hiding with her family in Amsterdam ;( I can’t still get over what she went through. I don’t think I’ll be ever understand the level of cruelty we humans have. I kept asking till today. How could this happen??????????? ??? ?

[@barrycohen1731]

Very interesting

[@maryblushes7189]

It is more than "interesting". It is educational in a time that the schools have been turned into propaganda machines and there are people denying the Holocaust even occurred and others learning to shout pro Palstine slogans that call for genocide of the Jews, again!

[@alicebarton27]

Watching from Redding,Ca.

[@shirleychristman8765]

Abington Pennsylvania

[@shirleychristman8765]

Truly Heartbreaking 😥

[@4thetruth62]

Would be nice to know if this man is now a Christian

[@aprylrittenhouse4562]

Good Lord woman. What a thing to say

[@RenateMtV]

@4thetruth62 That is so unimportant! That's all you get from what this beautiful man said? You need to sort out your priorities!!!

[@4thetruth62]

@@RenateMtV I meant no disrespect or offense . I was simply stating a curiosity ! I apologize for any misunderstanding.

[@RenateMtV]

​@4thetruth62 In that case, I apologize too! It's not like I'm never curious 😂

[@mattbielefield7038]

I wish she let him just talk more and stopped cutting him off. Also what kind of man makes this great man pay to get HIS diary back after everything he went through.