"A 16-year old Holocaust survivor and her family escaped death after finding refuge with the sister of Belgium's most notorious Nazi leader. Hana Nadel, now 86, was taken in by Madeline Cornet - her brother Leon Degrelle once famously claimed that Hitler told him 'If I had a son, I wish he'd resemble you.' Degrelle was a leader of the Belgian Nazi Rexen movement which were responsible for deporting Jews to their deaths in World War Two during the German occupation of Belgium. Ms Nadel, who now lives in Israel, explained they had been thrown out of their Brussels home when her mother noticed a sign on Madeline Cornet's door asking for help. After ringing the bell and meeting Mrs Cornet, all three women were hired - Ms Nadel's mother became a cook and the two younger girls were housemaids. She said the couple quickly realised that she was Jewish as she had 'pretty dark skin.' Ms Nadel said she dodged talking about the subject as long as possible, but when she was asked directly she told them of her origins. 'Yes, I was Jewish. I could no longer deny,' she said, reported De Standaard. It was then Ms Nadel discovered the connection her employer had to Degrelle, but she was told she would be safe at the house as they did not share his views."'You're safe here,' was the reply. 'I have broken with the fascism of my brother.' " Hanna Nadel: How a 16-year-old Jewish girl escaped death after being sheltered by the sister of Belgium's most notorious Nazi | Mail Online
