Joint testimony of sisters (?), Tova (Legziel) Shomer Shalom, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1926, and Sara Abramovitz, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1932, regarding their experiences in Benghazi, Giado, Gharian, Marseille and Israel

Joint testimony of sisters (?), Tova (Legziel) Shomer Shalom, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1926, and Sara Abramovitz, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1932, regarding their experiences in Benghazi, Giado, Gharian, Marseille and Israel Their childhood in a religious Zionist home; publication of decree forcing Jewish shops to remain open on Shabbat, 1935; [employment of a] non-Jewish worker; visit by Mussolini in Libya, 1937; life in Libya including the collection [confiscation] of jewelry and the termination of studies. Attacks by the British Army, 1940; their father is accused of spying on behalf of the British; their father's escape to Egypt; Italian Army occupation of Benghazi; deportation to Giado camp, May 1942; camp life including the attitude of the guards, and labor in cleaning; request to receive a vaccination against typhus in order to take care of their ill sisters; British Army occupation of Benghazi; release and liberation from Giado, April 1942. Move to Gharian on trucks; life in Gharian, for approximately one month; move back to Benghazi; work in a British Army camp in exchange for pay; meet Jewish British Army soldiers; learning of Hebrew during the evening hours; attitude of the Moslems; request to move to Italy; travel to Rome; receive help from the JDC; move to Marseille; aliya to Israel on the "Kedmah" ship, 1949; life in Israel.