Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

Menachem Frenkel and his sister were among the 100 children whom Amitié chrétienne and the Jewish Underground in Lyons removed from the camp in Venissieux.

Menachem Frenkel and his sister were transferred to Chateau de Peyrins, where they spent the next year and a half with 108 Jewish children. Menachem’s name was changed to Marcel Faure.
Until the age of 9, Menachem did not know he was a Jew.

Menachem Frankel was sent to Rosans to live with the Hughes, a couple with no children, while his sister was sent to a monastery.
Menachem was hidden in the attic, and supplied with plenty of food and even began to study again.
He remained hidden in Rosans until the end of the war.

In May 1945, Menachem Frenkel's mother and sister came to get him.

In September 1945, brothers, Yurik and Kazik Orlowski, age 14 and 12 years, sailed on RMS Mataroa, to Haifa, their father's sister having secured passage for the five-day voyage.

In September, 1945, Menachem Frenkel, his mother and sister, sailed on SS Mataroa to Palestine.