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Testimony of Esther Gilbert (Mamu) Miron, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1931 regarding life under German occupation, 1942-1943

Testimony

Daughter of a traditional family, Tunis; customs of the Jewish community; relations with the local population; Outbreak of the war; routine life until the German occupation, 1942; life under occupation; attitude of the local population; liberation by the British Army, 1943; Tense relations with the Muslims and travel to Marseille, France, for aliya to Israel, 1949; absorption in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Kohen, born in Nabeul, Tunisia, 1927 regarding the period of German occupation in Tunisia

Testimony

The Jewish community in Nabeul; friendship with the local population; rumors about the war in Europe; German occupation, 1942; yellow badge decree; drafting of Jewish men to forced labor; work at the Hammamet port; Allied air-raids; work as a barber for German officers; entry of the British Army, November 1942; Zionist activity after the war; aliya by himself to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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 Chana Shlomo Hazan, born in 1937 in La Soukra, Tunisia, about the war years in Tunisia

Testimony

Testimony of Chana Shlomo Hazan, born in 1937 in La Soukra, Tunisia, about the war years in Tunisia Family life in La Soukra; father's connections with the French forces in Tunis; good relations with the population; German forces arrive; Allied bombardments; the French advise the witness's father to go into hiding; family moves to a farm out of town; father poses as a retired French officer; hosting German officers at home; father does haulage tasks for the Free French forces in 1942–1945; family hides at home; listening to Voice of the Free French broadcasts; Germans search for British soldiers; British...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Victor Arish Yehuda, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1929, regarding his experiences during the war in Hammam Lif

Testimony of Victor Arish Yehuda, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1929, regarding his experiences during the war in Hammam Lif Family background, traditional home; move to Hammam Lif. German occupation, November 1942; confiscation of radio; property robbery; taking his father to forced labor; hosting families who fled Tunis. Liberation, May 1943; enlistment into the French army, February 1945; release from the French Army, 1948; aliya to Israel, 1949; absorption and rehabilitation.

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Simon Simo Ditzi, born in Bizerte, Tunisia, 1922, regarding his experiences in Tunis and a labor camp near the Algerian border

Testimony

Testimony of Simon Simo Ditzi, born in Bizerte, Tunisia, 1922, regarding his experiences in Tunis and a labor camp near the Algerian border Childhood in Bizerte; Jewish life; relations with the Muslim population; move together with his family to Tunis, 1940. Life after the German occupation, 1943; deportation to forced labor for the Germans at the border between Tunisia and Algeria; liberation by the British Army. Return to Tunis; life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eugenie Shimoni, born in Gafsa, Tunisia, 1933, regarding her experiences in Gafsa and in hiding in protected houses

Testimony

Testimony of Eugenie Shimoni, born in Gafsa, Tunisia, 1933, regarding her experiences in Gafsa and in hiding in protected houses Her childhood in Gafsa with her family. German Army occupation of Tunisia, 1942; life under German occupation including riots by Moslem gangs; in hiding in protected houses of the Jewish community in Gafsa; liberation by the US Army, 1943. Life after the war; attitude of the Moslem population; aliya to Israel, 1957.

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 Messaouda Gaby (Tubiana) Strug, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1931, regarding her experiences in Tunis

Testimony

Testimony of Messaouda Gaby (Tubiana) Strug, born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1931, regarding her experiences in Tunis Her childhood in a traditional family, including attending a French school. Outbreak of the war, 1940; occupation of France; German Army occupation of Tunis, November 1942; German officers live in her [family's] building; air-raids; her brother hides in a dental clinic where he worked; witness goes out every day with food for her brother; life under German occupation including the shortage of food and termination of studies; entry of the Allied forces to Tunis, May 1943. Life without...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nitza (Sitbon) Ben-Arie, born in Bizerte, Tunisia, 1931, regarding her experiences in Bizerte, Mateur and La Goulette

Testimony

Testimony of Nitza (Sitbon) Ben-Arie, born in Bizerte, Tunisia, 1931, regarding her experiences in Bizerte, Mateur and La Goulette Her childhood in Bizerte, including antisemitism and attending a French school. Outbreak of the war; escape to Mateur; deportation to Tunis by the Germans; life in a Christian clergy school and an Alliance school; typhus disease; liberation by the British Army. Move back to Bizerte; life after the war; move to La Goulette; aliya to Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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