Testimony of Dora Shemaria, born in Rhodes, Italy, 1920, regarding her experiences in Rhodes, Athens, Auschwitz and Rome

Testimony of Dora Shemaria, born in Rhodes, Italy, 1920, regarding her experiences in Rhodes, Athens, Auschwitz and Rome Her childhood in Rhodes. Imposition of anti-Jewish legislation and restrictions during the fascist regime, 1938; German Army occupation of Rhodes, 1943; deportation to Athens along with the Jews of Kos, July 1943; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; life in Auschwitz including forced labor; transfer to labor camps in Germany, including Landsberg; liberation by the British Army or the Red Army, 1945. Move to Rome with help from Italians, 1945; life in Rome with help from the Jewish community and the JDC; convalescence from tuberculosis disease, in a hospital in Italy, 1946; marriage in Venice to an Italian Catholic, 1946; emigration to Rhodesia, 1948; aliya to Israel, 1978; life in Israel.