Testimony of Jeshayahu Levy, born in Cephalonia, Greeece, 1911, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz and Stutthof
Poor family; learns shoemaking; helps support the family.
German occupation; escape to Corfu; capture; deportation to Auschwitz, 29 June 1944; camp life; transfer to Stutthof; camp life including labor preparing aircraft runways; typhus; hospital treatment; liberation by the French Army, June 1945.
Move to Bari; reunion with two brothers in Corfu; remarriage; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.
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3790758
First Name
Jeshayahu
Yeshayahu
Last Name
Levi
Levy
Date of Birth
09/1911
Place of Birth
Cephalonia, Greece
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives