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Testimony of Miriam Mordechai, born in Saloniki, 1911, regarding her experiences in Veria and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam Mordechai, born in Saloniki, 1911, regarding her experiences in Veria and in hiding Life in Veria before the war; the Jewish community and its institutions. Outbreak of the war, October 1940; restrictions on Jews; received help from a Greek woman who worked for her; entry of the Germans into Greece, April 1941; escape with her family; hiding with a Greek family; death of her eldest son from a disease; birth of a son, 1942; danger increases; separation of the family and reunion of the family at a Greek family's home; left the hiding place because someone informed; found a new hiding...

File Number : 5313

Type of Material : Testimony, Memoirs

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 Iosef Aseis, born in Arta, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Iosef Aseis, born in Arta, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences with the partisans Life before the war. German occupation; rescue by a Greek policeman; joins the partisans; liberation. Life after the war including displays of antisemitism; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.

File Number : 2891

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Asher Mor, born in Veria, 1936, regarding his experiences in the Veria Ghetto and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Asher Mor, born in Veria, 1936, regarding his experiences in the Veria Ghetto and in hiding Life in Veria until the age of six; attitude of the local children. Outbreak of the war; in hiding with his mother and four brothers with Christians in an attic for a year; death of his brother from tuberculosis; discovery of their hiding place after being informed on; incident with collaborators and the witness' escape; makes contact with partisans and move to the mountains; stay in a small village in a pigsty; work and concern for food; daily life in hiding; liberation by the partisans. Return to...

File Number : 5406

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Sergeant Nachum Mandel regarding his experiences in the British Army in Greece in spring 1941, and additional documentation regarding the activities of Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC) diggers company 606 in 1940-1942

Memoirs of Sergeant Nachum Mandel regarding his experiences in the British Army in Greece in spring 1941, and additional documentation regarding the activities of an Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC) diggers company in 1940-1942 - "The story of Sergeant Mendel (AMPC 606, Diggers)": memoirs of Nahum Mendel regarding his experiences and the experiences of Company 606 (Diggers) of the British Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in Attiki Voiotia and the island of Milos in spring 1941; the memoirs were published in “Sefer Hahitnadvut” (the book about volunteering) by Zeev Shefer in 1949: The arrival of...

File Number : 11208

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Diary, Article, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, English

Documentation collected by Dr. Renée Hirschon during her research on the Jewish community in Rhodes in the 1930s and 1940s and on the history of Jews from Rhodes in South Africa in the twentieth century Documentation regarding the life of Jews from Rhodes before their deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, and regarding the life of Jews from Rhodes in other countries especially in South Africa, before, during and after the Holocaust; the documentation was gathered by researcher Dr. Renée Hirschon from Oxford for the purpose of writing a research paper; the materials include: genealogies, interviews with Jews from...

File Number : 539

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Interview(s), Draft, Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Article, Genealogy, Excerpt(s), Statistical Report, Memoirs, Investigation Reports, Poems/songs, Questionnaire, עבודת מחקר

Language : Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, French, English, German, Greek

Testimony of Moshe Maurice Arad Arditti, born in 1928 in Saloniki, Greece, about his experiences in hiding with a Greek family in suburbs of Athens and in detention

Testimony of Moshe Maurice Arad Arditti, born in 1928 in Saloniki, Greece, about his experiences in hiding with a Greek family in suburbs of Athens and being incarcerated Family moves to Athens in the 1930s; antisemitism before the war; German occupation ensues; father's connections with non-Jewish Greek population; obtaining false papers; witness separated from parents and placed with a non-Jewish Greek family; parents and sister find a hideout in the suburbs of Athens; witness abused by Greek family; escapes and finds provisional hiding places; captured in a manhunt for Jews; incarcerated ahead of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yitzhak Elkhanati, born in Larissa, Greece in 1915, regarding partisans activities in Greece and deportation to Auschwitz camp in 1943

Testimony

Testimony of Yitzhak Elkhanati, born in Larissa, Greece in 1915, regarding partisans activities in Greece and deportation to Auschwitz camp in 1943 Good relations with their Greek neighbors and with the Italian Army; German occupation in 1943; escape to villages; he joins the partisans; combat against the Germans; murder of Greek collaborators; detention after being informed on; deportation to Auschwitz camp; physical punishment; labor in a coal mine in Kattowice and Leitmeritz camps; forced marching of the inmates to Theresienstadt; dysentery disease; liberation; return to Greece; accused of a murder that...

File Number : 13751

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew