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Testimony of Rachel [Zagron] Levi, born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1928, regarding her experiences in ‎Soliman

Testimony of Rachel [Zagron] Levi, born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1928, regarding her experiences in ‎Soliman Her childhood in Tunis; parents were born in Djerba; move to Soliman in 1939; studies at Alliance ‎School; studies at a French school; the German occupation at the end of 1942; life without food ‎shortages; increased air raids approaching the German retreat; direct hit on the house, killing ‎family members; liberation in May 1943; post-war life; marriage in 1948; move to Tunis; life after ‎the war; aliya to Israel with her husband and seven children in 1971.‎

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zohara (Cohen) Samama, born in Djerba, Tunisia, 1935, regarding her experiences in Djerba

Testimony

Testimony of Zohara (Cohen) Samama, born in Djerba, Tunisia, 1935, regarding her experiences in Djerba Djerba's Jewish leaders; status of the woman in the Jewish community in Djerba; attitude of the local Moslem population. German Army occupation of Djerba, 1942; attitude of the local Moslem population during the German occupation; liberation by the US Army. Life after the liberation; attends an Alliance school; aliya to Israel, 1956; life in Yeruham.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Judah Abitbol, born in Safi, Morocco, 1932, regarding his experiences in Safi and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Judah Abitbol, born in Safi, Morocco, 1932, regarding his experiences in Safi and Israel Life of his family members; observance of religious life; activities in the Charles Netter movement; attends an Alliance school. Life under Vichy rule, 1940; attitude of the Moslem population; invasion of the Allied forces to North Africa; life after the invasion, 1942; studies in an ORT school; activities in the Magen David movement; Zionist education; aliya to Israel from Marseille, 1949; life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Arie Albert Azoulay, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Tunis

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Albert Azoulay, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Tunis Adolescence in Tunis; memories of home life; integration into French colonial life; good relations with the Muslim neighbors. Outbreak of war; life under Vichy laws; expulsion from school; German occupation, 1942; deportation of his father to forced labor; liberation by the British Army, 1943. Tze'irei Tzion and Hagana [the Hagana organization?] activities; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948; absorption in a kibbutz; Mossad activities in Morocco.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dina (Ishai) Uzan, born in Sousse, Tunisia, 1935, regarding her experiences in Sousse

Testimony

Testimony of Dina (Ishai) Uzan, born in Sousse, Tunisia, 1935, regarding her experiences in Sousse Childhood in Sousse. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape of the family to Arab villages in the Moknine area; relations with the Moslem population; German occupation, 1943; life under the German occupation; liberation by Allied forces soldiers, 1943. Aliya with help from Youth Aliyah, 1949; life in a temporary camp.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mordochee Krief, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Tunis and as a forced laborer in Bizerte

Testimony

Testimony of Mordochee Krief, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Tunis and as a forced laborer in Bizerte His parents' home; religious life; attends a Talmud Torah and an Alliance Israelite (Kiach) school; relations with the Muslim population and with the French community; short occupation of Tunis by the Germans,1942; arrest in Tunis with young Jews and deportation to forced labor in Bizerte; liberation by the US Army, 1943. Return to Tunis; life after the war; emigration to France, 1976; aliya to Israel, 2008.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Djoya Zoe Dostis Batish, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1920, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisswasser

Testimony

Testimony of Djoya Zoe Dostis Batish, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1920, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisswasser Traditional family with many children; attends an Alliance school and a Greek school for handicrafts. Outbreak of the war between Greece and Italy; Italian occupation; detention of her father as a Greek Army officer; survival of her brother in a POW camp; German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees; concentration of the Jews of Ioannina, March 1944; transfer to Larissa on a truck; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau by train; first selection and separation from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Atun Eitan, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1938, regarding his experiences as a toddler in Benghazi and Tunis

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Atun Eitan, born in Benghazi, Libya, 1938, regarding his experiences as a toddler in Benghazi and Tunis His father is a tailor; life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Italian occupation and deportation to Tunis; camp life. Return to Benghazi, 1942; Jewish community; attends an Alliance school; relations with the Moslem population; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Galilah", 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tuvia Parente, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Greek Army, as a Greek POW in Italian captivity in Milan and Marseilles

Testimony

Testimony of Tuvia Parente, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Greek Army, as a Greek POW in Italian captivity in Milan and Marseilles Traditional family; attends an Alliance shool and a private school; visit of Aba Hushi who was an emissary from Eretz Israel; drafted into the Greek Army, 1938; service in Albania; Greek POW in Italian captivity, 1941; detention in Milan; transfer to Marseilles, 1943; camp life and labor as a porter in the port; attitude of the German supervisors; injury; liberation. Move by the US Army to Eygpt; work in the British Army; aliya to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marie Odette (Smadja) Souid, born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1926, regarding her experiences in Tunis

Testimony of Marie Odette (Smadja) Souid, born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1926, regarding her experiences in Tunis Her family members, and her childhood and youth in Tunis, Tunisia; studies in the Alliance Israelite school; German occupation in 1942; air-raids by the British Royal Air Force (RAF); life after the war; aliya to Israel from Marseille, France in 1949; absorption and rehabilitation.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

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