Testimony of Shoshan Cohen, born in Djerba, Tunisia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Tunisia

Testimony of Shoshan Cohen, born in Djerba, Tunisia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Tunisia Family with many children; Jewish life in Djerba; learns in the "heder" of the local rabbi; Zionist activities in Ateret Tzion, 1936; displays of antisemitism by the Arabs; German occupation of France, 1940. German occupation of Tunisia, 02 November 1942; draft with other Jews to a German military camp, Marfak, located between Sfax and Gafsa; labor in cleaning and maintenance; transfer to Tunis to labor in ammunition storerooms and digging graves, February 1943; liberation, summer 1943. Sets sail to France, 1947; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Ahad Ha'am" ship and aliya attempt, March 1948; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel.