Testimony of Paula (Formiggini) Nachshoni, born in Modena, Italy, 1921, regarding her experiences in Modena, Milan, in hiding and in Switzerland

Testimony of Paula (Formiggini) Nachshoni, born in Modena, Italy, 1921, regarding her experiences in Modena, Milan, in hiding and in Switzerland Her childhood in an educated, religious family; anti-Jewish legislation, September 1938; termination of studies; transfer to a Jewish school in Milan; decrease of her father's work; deportation of young Jews to labor; arrival of Jewish youth and refugees from Yugoslavia to Villa Emma and Nonantola. German Army occupation [of Italy], September 1943; escape from their home; in hiding in a village including fear of being informed on; illegally crosses the border to Switzerland; receives help from the Italian population in Sandrio; life in Switzerland in confinement camps for refugees, December 1943-May 1945. Religious aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel and Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu.