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Testimony of Miriam Maria (Fano) Danon, born in 1932 in Trieste, Italy, about her family's escape to Venice and hiding there

Testimony
Testimony of Miriam Maria (Fano) Danon, born in 1932 in Trieste, Italy, about her family's escape to Venice and hiding there Childhood in Trieste; father active on behalf of Jewish refugees from Germany and Poland; anti-Jewish legislation in 1939; Jews not allowed to possess radio sets and to employ non-Jewish helpers; witness attends a Jewish school; Italy surrenders in September 1943; German occupation ensues; father goes into hiding; family escapes to Venice; switches among three hotels there; evicted from the last hotel; enters an old-age home in the Jewish ghetto; witness and brouther escape to hiding with a local woman for pay; parents, hiding elsewhere, are denounced; parents interned in a local jail; parents hospitalized and rescued; liberation in April 1945; life after the war; immigration to Israel in 1951; adjustment to life in Israel.
item Id
13275877
First Name
Eugenia
Maria
Miriam
Last Name
Danon
Maiden Name
Fano
Date of Birth
1932
Place of Birth
Trieste, Italy
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
07/03/2018
Date of Creation - latest
07/03/2018
Name of Submitter
דנון פאנו מרים מריה אוגניה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video