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Testimony of Tzuri (Alfonso) Redzhiniano, born in Tripoli, Libya in 1938, regarding his ‎experiences of deportation to Bergen-Belsen camp

Testimony of Tzuri (Alfonso) Redzhiniano, born in Tripoli, Libya in 1938, regarding his ‎experiences of deportation to Bergen-Belsen camp His family before the war; deportation of the family to Italy in January 1942; life in the Civitella del ‎Tronto citadel; restrictions on movement; help from the Italian population; help from the Red ‎Cross; deportation to Bergen-Belsen in September 1943; life in the camp; roll calls; abuse; ‎starvation; packages from the Red Cross; Yom Kippur; liberation by the British in April 1945; return ‎to Tripoli; life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1950; absorption.‎

File Number : 13586

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hananya Rokach, born in 1933 in Syrte, Libya, regarding his experiences as a child in Syrte, Messurata and Tripoli

Testimony

Testimony of Hananya Rokach, born in 1933 in Syrte, Libya, regarding his experiences as a child in Syrte, Messurata and Tripoli Life before the war; member of a family of merchants; transfer to Nawfaliya by the Italian army; living there for several months; escape after the departure of the Italian army; escape to Syrte; deportation with the Jews to Messurata; escape with family to Tripoli in 1943; Zionist activity; aliya to Israel in 1951; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nisim Bekhor Mahlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1920, regarding his experiences in Gharian, as a forced laborer in Sidi Azaz, in Darna, Benghazi and Tripoli

Testimony

Testimony of Nisim Bekhor Mahlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1920, regarding his experiences in Gharian, as a forced laborer in Sidi Azaz, in Darna, Benghazi and Tripoli Home life; Ben Yehuda youth movement activity; imposition of restrictive orders on the Jews; a teacher from Israel sent by the Zionist movement. Air-raids, 1940; escape of the family to Gharian; Italy enters the war; draft of his father to forced labor; Sidi Azaz camp; labor in digging trenches; hunger; synagogue in the camp; hospitalization in Darna; transfer to Benghazi; evacuation of the Jews from the camp in Benghazi to a sealed camp in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hana (Habib) Ben Oz, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1938, regarding her experiences in Benghazi and Giado

Testimony

Testimony of Hana (Habib) Ben Oz, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1938, regarding her experiences in Benghazi and Giado Attitude of the Italian population in Benghazi. Deportation to Giado camp with her family; camp life including hunger, 1942; death of her mother; death of her brother; liberation by the British Army, 1943. Receives medical treatment; return to Benghazi; receives help from the JDC; attends the Talmud Torah Jewish school; attitude of the Moslem population; aliya to Israel from Tripoli, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Fadalon, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1924, regarding his experiences in Benghazi, Messurata and Tobruk

Testimony

Testimony of David Fadalon, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1924, regarding his experiences in Benghazi, Messurata and Tobruk His family's life in Benghazi; attitude of the Moslem and Italian population. German Army occupation of Benghazi, 1942; deportation to Messurata; transfer by the Germans to forced labor in Tobruk; liberation by the British Army, 1943. Activities in Aliya Bet in Benghazi; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948; life in Israel including establishment of Moshav Sde Uziyahu.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Emilia (Gueta) Nahamias, born in Tobruk, Libya, 1934, regarding her experiences in Tobruk, Benghazi, Giado, Tripoli and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Emilia (Gueta) Nahamias, born in Tobruk, Libya, 1934, regarding her experiences in Tobruk, Benghazi, Giado, Tripoli and other places Allied and German air-raids on Tobruk; her family's escape to Benghazi; deportation to Giado camp; camp life, including hunger, morbidity and mortality, 1941-1943; forcing of men to dig graves; activities by the Italian authorities for the benefit of the men; her mother gives birth in the camp; liberation by the British Army. Move to Benghazi; riots against the Jews by the Arab population; murder of a teacher, against the background of [his] Zionist activities;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yael Linda (Chailak) Raz, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1940, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Koipia, Giado and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Yael Linda (Chailak) Raz, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1940, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Koipia, Giado and Israel Air-raids by the French Army; injury to her family members due to the air-raids and their burial [there?]; discovery that Raz is alive [?]; transfer to the synagogue, 1940; receives treatment in the hospital for six months; move to her grandmother in Benghazi; attacks on Benghazi; wanderings in villages; move to Koipia, January 1942; deportation to Giado, summer 1942; liberation, January 1943. Move back to Benghazi; life in Benghazi including riots against the Jews;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gita (Zerog) Falah, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1933, regarding her experiences in Tripoli and in the Sfax camp

Testimony

Testimony of Gita (Zerog) Falah, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1933, regarding her experiences in Tripoli and in the Sfax camp Family life, Jewish life in Tripoli; good relations with the Muslim community and the Italian community. Outbreak of war; escape with her family to Arab villages; death of her mother from typhus; return to Tripoli; deportation of the family to a detention camp in Sfax, Tunisia, 1942; camp life; assistance from the local Jewish community; liberation by the British Army, 1943. Return to Tripoli; pogroms and antisemitic treatment by the Muslim population [towards the Jews], 1945; aliya...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Izidor Haimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Lovech

Testimony

Testimony of Izidor Haimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1926, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Lovech Life before the war; well-to-do family. Interruption of his education at a French college, 1941; publication of the Law for the Protection of the Nation, January 1941; yellow badge; escape to Lovech, 1941; life in Lovech; deportation of the Jews; cancellation of the deportation, winter 1943-1944; liberation, August 1944. Return to Sofia; aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus; unsuccessful escape attempt; aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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