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Solomon Perel
Israeli author and motivational speaker (–)
Solomon Perel (also Shlomo Perel or Solly Perel; 21 April – 2 February ) was a German-born Israeli author and motivational speaker.
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He was born to a German-Jewish family and managed to escape persecution by the Nazis by masquerading as an ethnic German. His life story is told in the film Europa Europa which was loosely based on his autobiography Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon (I Was Hitler Youth Salomon).
He also made several visits to various schools to tell his story.
Biography
Perel was born in Peine, Lower Saxony, to Jewish parents who had immigrated to Germany from Russia. When the Nazis came to power, systematic persecution of Germany's Jewish citizens began.
In , the Perel family relocated to Łódź, Poland, where Solomon's aunt lived, after their shoe store was looted and Perel was expelled from his school.[1]
After the Germans invaded Poland in September , Solomon Perel and his brother Yitz