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Memoirs of Mimi Camhi de Faraggi regarding her experiences in Skoplje, Urosevac and using a false identity in Albania

Memoirs of Mimi Camhi de Faraggi regarding her experiences in Skoplje, Urosevac and using a false identity in Albania Life in Skoplje during the German occupation, 06 April 1941; escape together with her family to Urosevac, 10 March 1943; her family remaining in Skoplje and their murder in Treblinka; escape to Albania; life in Albania using a false identity as a Muslim; end of the war. Return to Skoplje; life in Skoplje; finding an album that her grandparents entrusted to a friend, 1946; life during the Soviet regime; escape to Albania; escape to Italy; life in the Bari DP camp; move to live near the...

File Number : 8578

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Spanish

Testimony of Iasha Yaakov Altaratz, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1934, regarding his experiences in Belgrade, Skoplje, Pristina, Kavaja and in hiding in Tirana

Testimony

Testimony of Iasha Yaakov Altaratz, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1934, regarding his experiences in Belgrade, Skoplje, Pristina, Kavaja and in hiding in Tirana From a well-to-do secular family; life in his grandmother's house in Sarajevo. Outbreak of the war and escape to Belgrade; restrictions on the Jews; draft of his parents to forced labor; escape to a Serbian friend's home; escape to Skoplje; life in the home of relatives; rumors about transportation; escape to Pristina, 10 October 1941; deportation of Jews to an Italian Army jail; deportation of Jews to Sajmiste, 07 March 1942; transfer to Kavaja,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leon Levi, born in Skoplje, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding his experiences as a toddler in Tirana and Durres

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Levi, born in Skoplje, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding his experiences as a toddler in Tirana and Durres Life before the war; witness's father is a dentist. Annexation to Bulgaria; anti-Jewish legislation; escape to Tirana; German occupation; escape to Durres; end of the war, 1945. Life after the war including knowledge about the murder of his father in Treblinka.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian-Croatian

Testimony of Rivka (Baruhovic) Raviv, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Kavaja and hidden by Albanians

Testimony

Testimony of Rivka (Baruhovic) Raviv, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding her experiences in Kavaja and hidden by Albanians From a well-to-do family; relations with the Moslem neighbors. German occupation, 1941; confiscation of possessions; transfer of authority to the Italians; deportation to Kavaja; camp life; German occupation, September 1943; ransom demand following being informed on regarding the family's wealth; labor with her mother as a laundress for the Germans; hidden by Albanians in the mountains; illnesses. Return to Pristina, late 1944; aliya to Israel, 1948; illnesses; starts a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mendel Nisim, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, 1908, regarding his experiences in Pristina, under Italian occupation and with the partisans in Albania

Testimony

Testimony of Mendel Nisim, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, 1908, regarding his experiences in Pristina, under Italian occupation and with the partisans in Albania Family life and the Jewish community; economic and social situation of the Jews in Pristina; situation and status of the Jews in Moslem surroundings between World War I and World War II. Italian occupation and the local Muslim regime, 1941; help to Jewish refugees from Belgrade; escape to Albania; help from Albanian villagers en route to Valbona; life with the Albanian partisans until the end of the war; details regarding Fadil Hodza, the...

File Number : 6430

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Correspondence among members of the Cakrani family, Albania, concerning the rescue of Jews and Italians in 1943 and certificate of appreciation awarded to Kujtim Cakrani by a Catholic order

- letter from Kadri Cakrani, in Berat, to his uncle, Bektash Cakrani, in Mallakaster, September 11, 1943, concerning the transfer of Jews from Berat to Mallakaster under false Muslim identities in order to spare them from murder by the Nazis; - Bektash Cakrani’s reply to Kadri Cakrani, September 13, 1943, in which he explains that apart from the problem of the Jews there is a problem with the Italians, who are also at risk of murder due to the surrender of Italy; - letter from Kujtim Cakrani to his cousin Kadri Cakrani, in Berat, on September 19, 1943; - certificate of appreciation awarded to Kujtim Cakrani...

File Number : 4788

Type of Material : Letter, Diploma, Documentary

Language : English, Albanian

Correspondence of Kadri Cakrani, a senior personality in the Albanian nationalist organization Balli Kombetar, in Berat, concerning the rescue of Albanian Jewry in 1943–1944

- letter from Kadri Cakrani, in Berat, to his uncle, Bektash Cakrani, in Mallakaster, September 11, 1943, about transferring Jews from Berat to Mallakaster under false Muslim identities and concealing them in order to spare them from murder by the Nazis; - reply from Bektash Cakrani to Kadri Cakrani, September 13, 1943, in which he explains that apart from the problem of the Jews there is a problem with the Italians, who are also at risk of murder due to the surrender of Italy; - letter from Kujtim Cakrani, a senior personality in the Balli Kombetar organization in Mallakaster, to his cousin, Kadri Cakrani, a...

File Number : 4783

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Albanian

Two articles on Jewish resistance in Greece and Albania, by Joseph Matsas of Ioannina, Greece

Two articles on Jewish resistance in Greece and Albania, by Joseph Matsas of Ioannina, Greece 1. The participation of the Greek jews in the national resistance 1940 -1944. 2. The rescue of the Albanian jews (as told by Br. Batino).

File Number : 45

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Excerpt(s)

Language : English

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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