A Jewish Boy Survives in Hiding: Not Far from Anne Frank’s Annex

A newborn Leo with his mother, Emily Ullman, before he was placed into hiding. —USHMM, Gift of Leo S. Ullman

Leo survived the Holocaust in hiding with strangers as a toddler — in Amsterdam, the same city where Anne Frank hid and was later discovered. His parents were told nothing about his caretakers or his location in order to help keep him safe. Only after the war did Leo realize that the loving couple who had raised him for years were not his biological parents. He later learned just how many of the Dutch families nearby knew about the young Jewish boy in hiding and chose to protect him.

Hear Leo’s story in this digital program.