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Silia Gorlen

Testimony
Testimony of Silia GorlenTzenturi, born in 1928 in Oslo, about her experiences in Norway and Sweden Information about the family; grandfather: a textile merchant; mother: singer with the Norwegian Philharmonic Orchestra; visiting a cheder; description of festivals; German occupation ensues in 1940; obtaining food by means of ration cards; finding a hideout for ten days with a Norwegian policeman named Lund; father finds a hideout with the help of a watchmaker named Swenson; receiving information about the situation on the front; escaping to a Swedish family in Oslo; escaping to Kongsvinger; escaping to Uppsala; returning to the apartment in Oslo in 1945; finding an unfurnished apartment; moving to Sweden; immigrating to Israel in 1995.
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13240367
details.fullDetails.firstName
Silia
details.fullDetails.lastName
Gorlen
details.fullDetails.maidenName
Tzenturi
details.fullDetails.dob
1928
details.fullDetails.pob
Oslo, Norway
details.fullDetails.materialType
Testimony
details.fullDetails.language
English
details.fullDetails.recordGroup
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
12/12/2017
details.fullDetails.latestDate
18/12/2017
details.fullDetails.submitter
גורלן צנטורי סיליה
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
details.fullDetails.testimonyForm
Video