Testimony of Ori Henri Zana Zanir, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Tunis, France and Israel

Testimony of Ori Henri Zana Zanir, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Tunis, France and Israel His childhood in a traditional family; riots against the Jews, 1934. Vichy rule and legislation in Tunisia, summer 1940; witness is refused acceptance to studies; dismissal of his mother [should be: his father] from work, and his return to work by the French; German Army occupation of Tunis, November 1942; dismissal of his mother [his father] from work by the Germans; air-raids; draft to forced labor; four heads of the community are taken hostage, December 1942; liberation, 07 May 1943. Move to aliya training in France; appointment as secretary of the aliya training, 1949; aliya to Israel, 1950; life in Israel.