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Testimony of Chana Shlomo Hazan, born in 1937 in La Soukra, Tunisia, about the war years in Tunisia

Testimony
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Testimony of Chana Shlomo Hazan, born in 1937 in La Soukra, Tunisia, about the war years in Tunisia Family life in La Soukra; father's connections with the French forces in Tunis; good relations with the population; German forces arrive; Allied bombardments; the French advise the witness's father to go into hiding; family moves to a farm out of town; father poses as a retired French officer; hosting German officers at home; father does haulage tasks for the Free French forces in 1942–1945; family hides at home; listening to Voice of the Free French broadcasts; Germans search for British soldiers; British foarces arrive; witness moves to Algiers; active in the Zionist movement; family immigrates to Israel in 1958.
item Id
9403988
First Name
Chana
Last Name
Khazan
Date of Birth
1937
Place of Birth
Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/03/2011
Date of Creation - latest
17/03/2011
Name of Submitter
חזן חנה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository