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The testimony of Rut (Milhofer) Bar Tana, born in 1935 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, regarding her escape with Aryan papers to Bari and Vela Luka.

Testimony

The testimony of Rut (Milhofer) Bar Tana, born in 1935 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Childhood in Zagreb; yellow badges also for children; hiding with friends; escape to Split in July 1941 with Aryan papers, which were sent to Rabbi Freiberger and his family members; transfer to Vela Luka on the Italian-controlled island of Korcula; living in free quarantine (Confino Libero); Delasem organization; the attitude of the Italians; the attitude of the Croatian population; the surrender of Italy and the entry of the Germans in the fall of 1943; transfer in small ships, under aircraft fire, to southern Italy; life in the...

File Number : 13659

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther (Kamhi) Gitman, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding her experiences as a small child in Split, Korcula, Bari, Carbunari and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Esther (Kamhi) Gitman, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding her experiences as a small child in Split, Korcula, Bari, Carbunari and other places From a well-to-do family of Sephardic origin; her father's death, 1940. Outbreak of the war, April 1941; escape; rescue by Gavra Danon, a Jewish friend; escape to Split; life under Italian rule; transfer to the Island of Korcula, 1942; help from DELASEM; life on Korcula. Move to Bari with help from Tito's partisans; life in DP camps under the protection of the British Army and Tito's partisans, from September 1943; move to Carbunari; camp...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimonies and memoirs regarding the rescue activities of P. Marie Benoit and other in their help in rescuing Jews from France, Italy, Spain and other countries, 1940-1944

Testimonies regarding the escue activities of P. Marie Benoit, Fernado Leboucher, Settimio Sorani, Bernhard Lichtenberg, the organisation DELASEM, and others Memoirs of the monk P. Marie-Benoit regarding his help in rescuing Jews from France, Italy, Spain and additional countries, 1940-1944 Memoirs regarding the activities of P. Marie-Benoit, Resume de mon activite en faveur des juifs persecutes 1940-1944, in Marseilles and Rome; contacts with Jewish organizations and Government institutions in European countries, North Africa and the United States; rescue plans of Jews in the Italian area and their...

File Number : 272

Type of Material : Testimony, Memoirs

Testimony of Ben-Zion Hoenig, born in Bekescsaba, 1922, regarding his experiences in Ljubljana and in Italy

Testimony

Testimony of Stefan Ben-Zion Hoenig, born in Bekescsaba, 1922, regarding his experiences in Ljubljana and in Italy Childhood and early adolescence in Bekescsaba and Subotica; his family's move to Ljubljana, 1932; joining the Bnei Akiva youth movement; the Jewish community in Ljubljana; joining the resistance movement after the outbreak of the war, 1941; deportation with his family to Cencenighe; time spent in Falcade; help from the local population; escape to Rome, 1943; activities and help given to Jewish refugees until the liberation of Italy. Meeting soldiers from the Jewish Brigade, 1945; training for...

File Number : 11251

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Frida (Morpurgo) Colbi, born in Senigallia, Italy, 1915, regarding her experiences in Rome and in hiding in a monastery in Velletri

Testimony

Testimony of Frida (Morpurgo) Colbi, born in Senigallia, Italy, 1915, regarding her experiences in Rome and in hiding in a monastery in Velletri Publication of racial laws, 1938; medical studies at the University of Rome; difficulties in getting work in state hospitals; work in a tuberculosis hospital in Venice without being included on the list of physicians; activities in Delasem, Jewish women's relief organization for refugees from German occupied territories; list of Delasem members; return to Rome, 1943; efforts to find shelter for her family; life in hiding in a monastery in Velletri; rescue of other...

File Number : 3164

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian, Hebrew

Letters and documents regarding the "Villa Emma" children, 1940-1944

Letters and documents regarding the "Villa Emma" children, 1940-1944 Letters and other documents regarding a group of children from Germany and Central Europe who escaped to occupied Yugoslavia and then to Italy, 1940-1944; the children's life in hiding in "Villa Emma" in Nonantola near Modena, Italy; move of the children to Bex, Switzerland.

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Rachel Engel Kaspar, a refugee from Czechoslovakia, and a member of Hechalutz in Italy

Testimony of Rachel Engel Kaspar, a refugee from Czechoslovakia, and a member of Hechalutz in Italy Testimony regarding the absence of a feeling of danger among the Delasem (Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei (Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants) officials in Rome in September 1943 after the Nazi occupation despite her warnings, and concerning her rescue.

File Number : 146

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian

Testimony of Lelio Vittorio Valobra regarding the rescue of children in Villa Emma-Nonantola

Testimony of Lelio Vittorio Valobra regarding the rescue of children in Villa Emma-Nonantola Lilio Vittorio Valobra served as the director of Delasem (Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei (Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants) from 1939; he writes of the rescue of 42 orphans and 12 adults from various countries who found shelter in Lesno Brdo near Lubliana (Yugoslavia) in early 1942; their transfer to Italy to the village of Nonantola near Modena; rescue of a second group of approximately 50 orphans, most of them from Croatia; hiding of the orphans with residents of the village...

File Number : 141

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian

Testimony of Bernardo Grosser regarding his activities as Secretary of Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei (Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants- DELASEM)

Testimony of Bernardo Grosser regarding his activities as Secretary of Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei (Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants- DELASEM) Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei (Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants- DELASEM) activities in Genoa, 1939-1941; - Economic support from the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); - Organizing the emigration of the Jews to Palestine and the United States; - Support for the Jews of Genoa when they were deported to the Ferramonti di Tarsia and Civitella del Tronto detention camps; -...

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian

Testimony of Manfredo Danzig, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, who went to Italy in 1939, regarding his activities in the Delasem Organization in Genoa, Italy

Testimony of Manfredo Danzig, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, who went to Italy in 1939, regarding his activities in the Delasem Organization in Genoa, Italy - Activities of the local commission for support of Jewish refugees from countries occupied by the Germans during the year 1939 in Genoa; the Genoa commission was connected to the commission in Milan that had been established for the same purpose; activities of the Genoa commission were held in the community offices; - Joining of those commissions into a central organization known as Delasem - Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei...

File Number : 107

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian

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