Memoirs of Mario Nisim Halfon, born in Benghazi, Libya, about his family's experiences in Benghazi under German occupation, in the Giado camp, in Egypt after escaping from the camp, and in Lebanon after attempting unsuccessfully to reach Eretz Israel

Memoirs of Mario Nisim Halfon, born in Benghazi, Libya, about his family's experiences in Benghazi under German occupation, in the Giado camp, in Egypt after escaping from the camp, and in Lebanon after attempting unsuccessfully to reach Eretz Israel Pre-war experiences of the Benghazi Jewish community; situation of Libyan Jewry deteriorates after Mussolini and Hitler establish alliance; bombardments when war erupts in northern Africa in 1941; Germans enter Benghazi; French citizens murdered; Jews banished to the Giado camp; witness's family reaches Giado on its own; living conditions in the camp deteriorate; family escapes from the camp for the purpose of reaching Egypt; the trek to Egypt; help from a Sudanese whom they encounter on the way; witness's mother develops dysentery and witness develops typhus; they reach Alexandria and stay there for several months; Rommel's forces enter Egypt; family reaches Eretz Israel illegally; British refuse to let them stay; they reach Lebanon; find housing in a French convent in Beirut with help from the French Consul; father inducted into the Free French army; family moves to Eretz Israel in 1944; mother admitted to the French Hospital in Jaffa; back to Benghazi; anti-Jewish violence erupts in Benghazi when Jewish Brigade soldiers leave; legal immigration to Eretz Israel pursuant to the violence.