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- Escaped a concentration camp in Germany. He made his way to the coast of Holland, and then by small craft he made his way to England. In England he met and married Helga. They had a son named Herbert.
Information obtained from the city archives of Witten, Germany state that Leo: was born May 07, 1903 in Herbede, Germany. He lived with his parents and siblings in Herbede, Kirchstrande Ghetto. He was interned in Dachau for six months after the Nazi takeover. In 1938, he escaped and worked his way through the night to the coast of Netherlands. He was able to join a couple of other escapees and they sailed to the coast of England in a small boat. Once he landed and got settled, he was able to join they British Army. However, because he could not speak English he was released from active duty and was able to help the War effort by being a factory worker in a munitions plant. He then became a steeplejack. He married a woman who's family had already been in Germany for quite some time. He died in his eighties, in England.
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