Testimony of Sylvia (Gabai) Avidov, born in Paris, France, 1924, regarding her experiences in Paris, Niort and in hiding in Nembro

Testimony of Sylvia (Gabai) Avidov, born in Paris, France, 1924, regarding her experiences in Paris, Niort and in hiding in Nembro Her childhood in Paris; attends Jewish and French schools. German occupation, 1940; escape to the Free Zone; life in Niort; decrees; attitude of the pupils and teachers toward the Jewish high school pupils; in hiding on a priest's farm, after a warning from Pierre Persone, a member of the French underground, about the impending arrest of all the Jewish high school students; return to her parents in Niort; German occupation of the Free Zone; escape to Italy with help from the Italian Embassy; difficulties at the Swiss border; in hiding in Nembro, near Bergamo; liberation, 1944. Meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; work with child Holocaust survivors in the Milan and Salvino Jewish communities; attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Dov Hos" ship; relinquishment of certificates in favor of Holocaust survivors; return to Milan; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Wedgwood" ship, 1946.