Testimony of Shoshana Suzana (Salhob) Lavi, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1937, regarding her experiences as a young child in Zuetina, Reggio Emilia, Castelnuovo don Bosco and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Shoshana Suzana (Salhob) Lavi, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1937, regarding her experiences as a young child in Zuetina, Reggio Emilia, Castelnuovo don Bosco and Bergen-Belsen Her family has British citizenship. Deportation of her father to Zuetina, 1942; murder of her uncle while he is learning Torah; deportation of British citizens; her family is informed on; deportation of her family to Zuetina; hiding gold inside the hems of their coats; wanderings; death of her baby brother en route; life in a women's camp in Zuetina; transfer to Italy; life in a Jewish owned villa in Reggio Emilia; transfer to Castelnuovo don Bosco; joins her father; search for food by her father; birth of a brother in Fossano in a hospital administered by nuns; the family's gold is entrusted to an Italian soldier; deportation to Bergen-Belsen; camp life including lice and learning English in secret; secret circumcision ceremony for her baby brother; secret lighting of a Hanukkah candelabrum; fasting and prayers; problems keeping kosher; release of inmates who have British citizenship, November 1944. Return of the gold to her family; return to Benghazi, 1945; rehabilitation of the Jewish community; displays of antisemitism, 1948; aliya to Israel, 1949.