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Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Ashkenazi, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1939, regarding his experiences as a toddler in Thessaloniki, Larissa, using a false identity in Athens and other places, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Life before the war; traditional family; his family owns a leather tanning factory; draft of his father into the Greek Army, 1940. Outbreak of the war, 1941; local air-raids; finds a hiding place with his family in a cellar of a store; escape back to the family's home; escape of his father before deportation and his unsuccessful attempts to convince his family members to join the escape;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony (hearsay) written by Sara Bezerano, regarding the experiences during 1942-1944 of her parents Chana and Yaakov Ashkenazi, who were born in Saloniki, Greece, including their escape from deportation, with help from the Greek underground, via Athens, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon

File Number : 7163

Type of Material : Secondary Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Ruso, born in Xeres, Greece, 1919, regarding his experiences in Athens, Peloponnese camp, the underground, as a partisan and using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Ruso, born in Xeres, Greece, 1919, regarding his experiences in Athens, Peloponnese camp, the underground, as a partisan and using a false identity From a large family in Socrates street, in the Jewish quarter of Xeres; his father has a shop, and his paternal uncle is the Chief Rabbi of Xeres, Rabbi Samuel Cohen; education at a Greek-Christian school; proficient command of Greek; education at an agricultural school in preparation for aliya to Eretz Israel. Drafted into the Greek Army, 02 March 1940; participation in the Albanian-Italian War, late 1940; German occupation of Greece;...

File Number : 7254

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Beti (Karaso) Menachem, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1932, regarding her experiences in Nigrita while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Beti (Karaso) Menachem, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1932, regarding her experiences in Nigrita while using a false identity Move to Nigrita by the Greek partisan, Mikos Chaldakis, who was active in the A. M. Greek underground, with her mother and sister; life in the village while using a false identity, under the protection and with the help of people in the Greek underground; capture of her sister by the Germans, and her release after undergoing interrogations; relations with the village neighbors including help to her family; liberation by the British Army. Return of the partisans from...

File Number : 5867

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Desi (Carasso) Moshe, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, using a false identity in Todorakia and with the underground

Testimony

Testimony of Desi (Carasso) Moshe, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, using a false identity in Todorakia and with the underground Life in Thessaloniki. German occupation, April 1941; deportation to the Thessaloniki Ghetto; confiscation of the shop where her father worked; detention of her father in retaliation for demolition of a bridge by the Greek underground; murder of her father with Greek non-Jews; escape arranged for her mother, aunt and the witness by the Greek underground; transfer to an area under underground control; transfer to Todorakia;...

File Number : 4544

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Chanoch, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in Athens

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Chanoch, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in Athens German occupation; life in Athens including activities in the Greek undergound; work in a hospital for the disabled including help to partisans; detention and transfer to Averov prison; prison life; capture of Jewish and non-Jewish hostages by the Germans; help from a Greek writer; liberation. Life on aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet, 1947.

File Number : 3215

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther (Torun) Iakhbes, born in Larissa, Greece, 1925, regarding her experiences in Thessalia and using a false identity in Tirnavos

Testimony

Testimony of Esther (Torun) Iakhbes, born in Larissa, Greece, 1925, regarding her experiences in Thessalia and using a false identity in Tirnavos Life before the war. German occupation; escape to Thessalia; escape to Tirnavos; life in a village using a false identity; help from partisans; liberation. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.

File Number : 2991

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Albert Iakhbes, born in Kavalla, Greece, 1921, regarding his experiences in detention in Saloniki and with the Greek underground

Testimony

Testimony of Albert Iakhbes, born in Kavalla, Greece, 1921, regarding his experiences in detention in Saloniki and with the Greek underground Life before the war. German occupation; escape; joins the Greek underground including intelligence work; help to Jewish refugees; detention in Saloniki; liberation. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.

File Number : 2990

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Maks Varon, born in Kavalla, Greece, 1921, regarding his experiences in Athens, using a false identity in Elasson and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Maks Varon, born in Kavalla, Greece, 1921, regarding his experiences in Athens, using a false identity in Elasson and with the partisans Life before the war. German occupation; escape to Athens; escape to Elasson; life in Elasson using a false identity including work for an agricultural organization; joins the Greek partisans; liberation. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.

File Number : 2989

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nisim Benvenisti, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1926, regarding his experiences in the underground and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Nisim Benvenisti, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1926, regarding his experiences in the underground and with the partisans Life before the war; education. German occupation; underground activities within the frameworki of school; joins the partisans; liberation.

File Number : 3042

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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