Testimony of Esther (Sureni) Foa, born in Ferrara, Italy, 1926, regarding her experiences in hiding in homes and in a monastery in Florence

Testimony of Esther (Sureni) Foa, born in Ferrara, Italy, 1926, regarding her experiences in hiding in homes and in a monastery in Florence Life in Ferrara before the war; life in her grandmother's home; death of her father; move to Florence; death of her mother; placed in a Jewish children's home with her sister; attends the Jewish school and Jewish high school; aliya of her sister to Eretz Israel, 1938. German occupation, 1943; escape to hiding places with help from her guardian, Vittorio Guetta (the secretary of the Jewish community); life in a convent in Cozilla Masee; life in the home of an Italian family; life in the home of her guardian's mother; detention of her guardian's brother as an anti-fascist; deportation of the brother to Auschwitz; liberation, April 1945. Meets Jewish soldiers; aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.