Dear @mtgreenee
My birth name was Peter Ari Moskowitz. My father changed our last name to Morley because he didn't want his children to experience the antisemitism he experienced in eastern Europe during the Holocaust where he "passed" for German & saved many lives.
My birth name was Peter Ari Moskowitz. My father changed our last name to Morley because he didn't want his children to experience the antisemitism he experienced in eastern Europe during the Holocaust where he "passed" for German & saved many lives.
I don't talk about this, but my father was a hero. He had forged documents, spoke fluent German, had blonde hair, but was a Jewish man from Hungary. He and his younger brother, my Uncle Tommy, saved people from going to Concentration Camps.
It was PAINFUL for him to speak about.
It was PAINFUL for him to speak about.
I never got full details. My father passed away in 2004. But he would give me bits & pieces. It seemed so unreal to me. My maternal grandparents met in a Concentration Camp, and they were the same way, the pain was torturous for them to broach the subject. Sadly, I'll never know.
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