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Shmuel Levi and Shimon Shabtai
Testimony
Collective testimony of Shmuel Levi, born in Kavala, Greece, 1921 and Shimon Shabtai, born in Kavala, Greece, 1922, regarding their experiences in Kavala, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Life before the war.
Outbreak of the Greek-Italian War, 1940; life under Bulgarian rule; draft to forced labor in Yugoslavia, summer 1942; labor digging and paving roads; attitude of the Bulgarians toward the Jews; liberation, November 1943.
Life in Plovdiv; help from the Jewish community; return to Greece, September 1944; aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.
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item Id
5220250
First Name
Shmuel
Shimon
Last Name
Levi
Shabtai
Date of Birth
1921
1922
Place of Birth
Kavala, Greece
Kavala, Greece
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
02/06/04
Date of Creation - latest
02/06/04
Name of Submitter
שמעון שבתאי
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection