Testimony of Levana Yulia (Chakim) Shalish, born in Volos, Greece, 1935, regarding her experiences in Volos, the Pelion Mountains and in hiding places using a false identity

Testimony of Levana Yulia (Chakim) Shalish, born in Volos, Greece, 1935, regarding her experiences in Volos, the Pelion Mountains and in hiding places using a false identity Her father is drafted into the war against the Italians; Italian occupation, October 1940; deterioration of the economic situation; frequent air-raids; difficulty in obtaining food; German occupation, 1943; rumors regarding deportations throughout Greece; escape to the Pelion Mountains; obtaining documents in the name of Thakimides; help from a neighbor in obtaining food; life in temporary hiding places in the villages; searches by the German Army; help from the Greek partisans; liberation in a village. Killing of Germans by partisans; return to Volos; her brother's aliya to Eretz Israel as part of Youth Aliyah, 1945; unsuccessful aliya attempt on the ship, "Henrietta Szold"; detention in Cyprus; aliya; absorption in Haifa, 1946.