Testimony of Jouly (Meier) Nachmias, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places

Testimony of Jouly (Meier) Nachmias, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places Life in Ioannina before the war. Italian occupation, 1940; hunger, 1941-1942; arrival of refugees to Ioannina from the area of the German occupation; escape of the refugees to the mountains; surrender of Italy to the Allied forces, September 1943; German occupation; addition of the letter "J" to the identity card; robbery of property; brutal behavior by Germans; transfer of the Jews to the city square, 25 March 1944; Greeks inform on the location of Jews; deportation to the railroad station in Larissa; life in Larissa; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including being cut off from her family; meets Jews from Thessaloniki; receives knowledge regarding the murder of her family in the gas chambers; language difficulties; labor unloading food from trains; steals potatoes and smuggles them to the block; receives lashings as a punishment; illness and hospitalization in the hospital; escape from the hospital due to selections; abuse of inmates using dogs; public hangings; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, August 1944; camp life including labor digging trenches; transfer to Raguhn; life in Raguhn including labor in an aircraft factory; receives help from two female German officers; transfer to Theresienstadt; receives help from the Red Cross organization; liberation by the Red Army, May 1945. Move to Munich DP camp; return to Ioannina; life in Ioannina; aliya to Israel, 1949.