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Testimony of Yoseph Bar Gal [Burdzhel], born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1934, regarding his experiences in ‎Tunis under the German occupation, eviction from his home, and his activities in the Mossad in ‎Tunisia after the war

Testimony

Family background—traditional family; his father was director of a Jewish company that sold musical instruments; the neighborhood was mostly Italian-French; attendance at a French school; expulsion from school; German occupation at the end of 1942; air raids; sudden eviction from their home after their neighbors informed on them; German withdrawal in May 1943; return home; joining Hashomer Hatzair movement in 1948; active in the movement up to his aliya in 1956; training by the Mossad and return to Tunisia as a Mossad agent up to his official aliya to Israel in 1958; posting to France; his life up to this...

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 David Berrebi, born in Sfax, Tunisia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Sfax

Testimony

Testimony of David Berrebi, born in Sfax, Tunisia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Sfax Integration of the witness and his family in French society; good relations with the Muslim population; attends the Alliance school; leaders of Sfax Jews; culture in the Jewish community. German occupation, 1942; stealing of property; liberation by the Allied Forces. Return to daily routine; joining the Gordonia movement, 1946; Youth Aliyah activities; aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Katarina (Torn) Adler, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1922, regarding her experiences in Beverwijk, Amsterdam, in hiding in Loosdrecht, underground activities and while using a false identity Life before the war; move to Haarlem; joins the Zionist youth movement when she was 11 years old; activities as a counselor. German occupation; joins aliya training in Beverwijk; return to Amsterdam, 1942; life in Amsterdam with her mother including work as a counselor in an institution for Jewish orphans; aliya training activities; contacts with the underground group of Joop Johan Westerweel (later...

File Number : 5843

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew