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Testimony of Dora (Chimon) Mizrahi, born in Milan, Italy, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Milan, Nice and Switzerland
Testimony
Testimony of Dora (Chimon) Mizrahi, born in Milan, Italy, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Milan, Nice and Switzerland
Life before the war; displays of antisemitism.
Escape to Nice with her family, 1938; life in Nice including rescue from deportation; deportation of her mother and sister to Auschwitz; smuggled into Switzerland by her father and another man; life in a camp in Switzerland; fostered by Hannah Baltensberger, a Protestant woman; end of the war.
Return to her father; move to Toulouse; aliya to Israel, 1964.
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item Id
6766193
First Name
Dora
Last Name
Mizrahi
Mizrakhi
Maiden Name
Chimon
Shimon
Date of Birth
09/10/1932
Place of Birth
Milano, Italy
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
28/10/07
Date of Creation - latest
28/10/07
Name of Submitter
Mizrahi Chimon Dora
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository