Solomon Perel

German-Jewish Holocaust survivor and author of Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon, published in English as Europa, Europa

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Lived 1925–2023, aged 98Israel

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Wikipedia
16 languages
Cross-language footprint
Rank in Israel
#239
Writers
Era
1925–2023
Aged 98
Known for
Europa Europa
1990

Summary

Updated 2026-06-11

Solomon Perel was a German-born Israeli author and motivational speaker. He was born to a German-Jewish family and managed to escape persecution by the Nazis by masquerading as an ethnic German. His life story is told in the 1990 film Europa Europa which was loosely based on his autobiography Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon. He also made several visits to various schools to tell his story.