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Testimony of Gulia (Dadosh) Butbika, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Benghazi and Giado

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Testimony of Gulia (Dadosh) Butbika, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Benghazi and Giado Life before the war; religious family. Air-raids on Benghazi, 1941; escape to outside the city with her family; return to the family's home; finds their home broken into and empty; deportation to Giado; camp life including shortage of food; trade with Moslems via the camp's fences; typhus disease; transfer of men to forced labor; liberation by the British Army. Return to the family's home; riots against Jews, 1948; move to Tripoli; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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6938424
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Giulia
Gulia
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Butbika
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Dadosh
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06/02/1937
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Benghazi, Libya
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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26/12/07
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26/12/07
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Butbeca Gulia
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection