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Jeannine Burk’s Survivor Story

I was a hidden child. I hid in this woman's house from ages three to five. I am grateful to her, but I do not know her name. I will never be able to thank her in a public way.

BelgiumBelgium: declared itself neutral and secured German guarantees of its neutral status in 1937.

On May 10, 1040, German forces invaded and on May 28, on the orders of King Leopold III, the Belgian army surrendered.

The king remained in Belgium and cooperated to some extent with the Germans, even meeting with Hitler at one point.

Jeannine Burk [Annotator's Note: nee Jeannine Rafalowicz] was born in Brussels, Belgium in Her parents had two other children, both older than Burk.

Jeannine Burk [Annotator's Note: nee Jeannine Rafalowicz] was born in Brussels, Belgium in Her parents had two other children, both older than Burk.

Jeannine Burk was born in Brussels, Belgium.

Jeannine Burk was born in Brussels, Belgium, on September 15, , two weeks after Hitler invaded Poland and World War II began.

Birth Place: Brussels, Belgium; Birth: September 15, ; Death: July 18, ; Wartime Life: Hidden Child; Occupation: Secretary; Family: Married, Six.

Born as Jeannine Rafalowicz in , Burk was 3 years old when the Nazi occupation of her native Brussels forced her father, Isaac.

As Belgium was put under German military administration, a government-in-exile for a free Belgium was established at the same time in London.

There was an indigenous Belgian fascist party, the Rexists, which collaborated openly with the Germans.

However, the majority of the population had no Nazi sympathies and displayed solidarity with the Jews. In September 1944, Brussels and Antwerp were liberated by the Allies. In Dec