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Testimony of Eliza Bornstein, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1930, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Jadu and in Grota Firata
Testimony
Testimony of Eliza Bornstein, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1930, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Jadu and in Grota Firata
Childhood in Tripoli.
Shavuot holiday event, 1940; direct hit of bomb on family home: transfer to Benghazi; air-raids; escape;
lists of deportees to a concentration camp; transfer to camp Jadu; camp life including hunger; cleaning of streets by rabbis and death from typhus and starvation; liberation by the US Army.
Move back to Tripoli; move to the Grota Firata camp; receiving aid from the JDC; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
8077693
First Name
Aliza
Eliza
Last Name
Bornshtein
Bornstein
Date of Birth
02/02/1930
Place of Birth
Tripoli, Libya
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
20/08/09
Date of Creation - latest
20/08/09
Name of Submitter
Bornstein Eliza
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video