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Personal documentation belonging to Fredji Sassi Zana

Personal documentation belonging to Fredji Sassi Zana Personal documentation belonging to Fredji Sassi Zana, born in Sfax, Tunisia, 23 January 1921; arrest by German soldiers while en route to his home in the early 1940s; ordered to defuse a bomb under gunpoint by the Germans; miraculous defusing of the bomb; forced labor at defusing bombs; receives a letter of commendation from his superior officers; appointment as a team leader; death 22 October 2007. The documents were submitted to Yad Vashem by his daughter, Miriam Ben Dor.
item Id
9049188
Type of material
Official documentation
Personal documents
File Number
523
Language
French
Record Group
O.9 - France Collection
Date of Creation - earliest
05/05/1943
Date of Creation - latest
06/07/1948
Name of Submitter
מרים בן-דוד
Original
Partially
No. of pages/frames
29
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection