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Testimony of Avraham Farges, born in Chalkis, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in Chalkis, in hiding in Athens, Eretria and Oxilithos

Testimony of Avraham Farges, born in Chalkis, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in Chalkis, in hiding in Athens, Eretria and Oxilithos Life before the war; his father sells fishing equipment. Receives information concerning the deportation of Jews fromThessaloniki, summer 1943; life in Athens including finding a hiding place with help from fishermen and business partners; escape to Eretria; life in hiding in Eretria; escape to Oxilithos; life in Oxilithos including the detention of his brother by the Germans; transfer of his brother to a prison in Chalkis; his brother is charged with partisan activities; murder of his brother; liberation. Draft into the Greek Army, 1947; aliya to Israel, 1950.
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3560615
details.fullDetails.firstName
Avraham
details.fullDetails.lastName
Farges
Perges
details.fullDetails.dob
1925
details.fullDetails.pob
Chalkis, Greece
details.fullDetails.materialType
Testimony
details.fullDetails.fileNumber
5825
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
details.fullDetails.recordGroup
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
1990
details.fullDetails.latestDate
1990
details.fullDetails.submitter
פרג'ס פראג'ס, אברהם
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
20
details.fullDetails.belongsTo
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
details.fullDetails.testimonyForm
Audio
details.fullDetails.dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection