Testimony of Diana (Lavi) Abta, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1940, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Civitella Del Tronto, Biberach and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Diana (Lavi) Abta, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1940, regarding her experiences as a toddler in Civitella Del Tronto, Biberach and Bergen-Belsen Family background including receiving British citizenship; her grandfather's opposition to opening the store on Saturday; members of the family are beaten by Italian soldiers; store is destroyed; arrest of her father on the charge of being anti-fascist, 1942; deportation to Civitella Del Tronto with her mother and siblings; camp life; transfer to Biberach; camp life; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; camp life including marching around the camp in the snow; marking Shabbat with the rabbi and passing a tallit around among the men; liberation, 1945. Move to a DP camp in Italy; return to Libya, 1945; reunion with her dying father; aliya to Israel, 1951.