Testimony of Yehudit (Levi) Lewkowitz, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, regarding her experiences in Milan, Sofia, Nova Zagora and more
Testimony of Yehudit (Levi) Lewkowitz, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, regarding her experiences in Milan, Sofia, Nova Zagora and more
Testimony of Yehudit (Levi) Lewkowitz, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, regarding her experiences in Milan, Sofia, Nova Zagora and more
Childhood; move with her mother to Milan, 1936; attendance at an Italian school; move back to Sofia; reunion with her father, 1939.
Outbreak of war; antisemitism; imposition of decrees on the Jews; confiscation of Jewish property; restrictions on movement; draft of Jews into forced labor paving roads; Beitar activities; transfer to Nova Zagora, 1943; agricultural work for farmers; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944.
Move back to Sofia; aliya to Eretz Israel via Aleppo, Kushta and Beirut; life in Eretz Israel including with Youth Aliyah.
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item Id
8073205
First Name
Yehudit
Last Name
Levkovitz
Lewkowitz
Maiden Name
Levi
Date of Birth
01/07/1928
Place of Birth
Sofia, Bulgaria
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives