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Naftali Alfred Zeitun
Testimony
Testimony of Naftali Alfred Zeitun, born in Tunis, Tunis, 1936, regarding his experiences in Tunis
Family background in Tunis before the war; his father Victor born in Algeria, his mother Rachel born in Morocco; his father's service in the French Foreign Legion in Morocco; parental marriage in Morocco; family relocation to Tunis; awarding honors to the father for his excellence in the French Foreign Legion; family life in Tunis; studies at the "Alliance" School; visits to the synagogue.
Applied Vichy laws, 1940; German-Italian occupation of Tunisia, November 1942; assistance of the local Arab population; service of his brother in the French army; German searches for the brother who is soldier; house destruction; beating of his mother; the capture of his brother and his deportation to Europe; taking men to forced labor; joining an underground organization of children; throwing Molotov cocktails at a German gathering place; secret prayers.
Liberation by the British Army, May 1943; life after the war; move to France, 1947; aliya to Israel, 1949; absorption.
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item Id
13579562
First Name
Alfred
Naftali
Last Name
Zeitun
Date of Birth
1936
Place of Birth
Tunis, Tunisia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
11/06/2019
Date of Creation - latest
11/06/2019
Name of Submitter
זיתון נפתלי אלפרד
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
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