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Testimony of Moshe Maurice Arad Arditti, born in 1928 in Saloniki, Greece, about his experiences in hiding with a Greek family in suburbs of Athens and in detention

Testimony
Testimony of Moshe Maurice Arad Arditti, born in 1928 in Saloniki, Greece, about his experiences in hiding with a Greek family in suburbs of Athens and being incarcerated Family moves to Athens in the 1930s; antisemitism before the war; German occupation ensues; father's connections with non-Jewish Greek population; obtaining false papers; witness separated from parents and placed with a non-Jewish Greek family; parents and sister find a hideout in the suburbs of Athens; witness abused by Greek family; escapes and finds provisional hiding places; captured in a manhunt for Jews; incarcerated ahead of deportation to the camps; exfiltrated from detention by a collaborator with the Germans; escapes into the mountains; reunited with parents; war ends; brother converts to Christianity; parents emigrate to US; witness immigrates to Israel alone in 1950.
item Id
13361283
First Name
Moris
Moshe
Last Name
Arad
Arditi
Date of Birth
1928
Place of Birth
Saloniki, Greece
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
15/10/2018
Date of Creation - latest
15/10/2018
Name of Submitter
ארד ארדיטי משה מוריס
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video