CAPE MAY — Arlette Michaelis, a World War II survivor and local author will give a talk Tue., Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. at Cape May Stage at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, Bank and Lafayette streets.
Michaelis is author of “Beyond the Ouija Board,” recalling her childhood in Brussels, Belgium during the Nazi occupation. The event is free.
During those war years, Arlette, a teenager, and her family, parents, brother, and sister resisted the Germans in many ways: bringing home contraband butter and bacon from the countryside; harassing Germans on the streetcars, tripping them and setting fire to their raincoats, and publishing anti-Nazi propaganda in newsletters.
Her parents and brother were for a time imprisoned in Saint Gilles Prison for their activities. Then Arlette and her sister, Ginette, were on their own, dealing with frigid temperatures and meager rations of food.
During these war years, Arlette, whose parents’ rental apartment was often used to shelter Jews, became a courier and aid to Father Bruno Reynders, the Belgian monk, who rescued Jews. After the war Arlette worked as a translator for Belgian Airlines, SABENA.
Call (609) 884-1341 for reservations. Visit www.capemaystage.com for more information
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