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Testimony of Shaul Lael Agiv, born in 1931 in Tripoli, Libya, about his experiences in Tripoli and in the desert

Testimony
Testimony of Shaul Lael Agiv, born in 1931 in Tripoli, Libya, about his experiences in Tripoli and in the desert Childhood in Tripoli; mistreatment by Italian soldiers; vandalizing picture of Mussolini in an Italian school; father arrested; taken to a military tribunal; German occupation ensues in mid-941; anti-Jewish laws; fleeing into the desert; hunger; searching for food in a Wehrmacht camp; brother killed while playing with a hand grenade; witness works for local Arabs in return for food; liberated by British forces in 1943; back to Tripoli; riots in 1945; organizing for self-defense; underground activity in Tunis for immigration to Eretz Israel; immigration to Israel via Marseille in 1949; adjustment to life in Israel.
item Id
13334579
First Name
Shaul
Last Name
Agiv
Lael
Date of Birth
1931
Place of Birth
Tripoli, Libya
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
01/08/2018
Date of Creation - latest
01/08/2018
Name of Submitter
לאל עגיב שאול
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video