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Testimony of Haddad Gaku, born in Sousse, Tunisia, 1933, regarding his experiences during the war

Testimony
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Testimony of Haddad Gaku, born in Sousse, Tunisia, 1933, regarding his experiences during the war Family background; life before the war; studies in a French school. The outbreak of war; entry of German soldiers into the city; stigma; the bombings; taking his father to forced labor in Tunis; deportation of Jews from the city; his mother is pregnant, many difficulties, mother trying to ask S.S. people for permission to stay in town; the refusal of the Germans and the expulsion of the mother from the headquarters; transfer to Moknine; transfer to Sokrine; transfer to Mahdia; back to Sokrine. Liberation and return home to Sousse after about two years away from the city; the house is destroyed by bombs; his father's return; life after the war; aliya to Israel; absorption.
item Id
9041708
First Name
Dzhako
Last Name
Khadad
Date of Birth
1933
Place of Birth
Sousse, Tunisia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
28/04/2010
Date of Creation - latest
28/04/2010
Name of Submitter
חדד גאקו
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection