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Testimony of Remond Bujena, born in Nabeul, Tunisia, 1922, regarding his experiences in Nabeul and in the Free French Committee

Testimony

Testimony of Remond Bujena, born in Nabeul, Tunisia, 1922, regarding his experiences in Nabeul and in the Free French Committee Life before the war; traditional family; relations with the local population. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, 1942; transfer to forced labor; liberation by the British Army and the US Army; draft into the Comité français de la Libération nationale (French Committee of National Liberation); combat in the Comité français de la Libération nationale. Return to Tunisia, 1945; aliya to Israel, 1955.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Survey of the situation in various countries as reported in the Nazi and local press with emphasis on the situation of the Jews in Poland, the Protectorate, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Eretz Israel, Turkey and Egypt, January 1943 Poland: Regarding Czerniakow's suicide and the situation in the Warsaw Ghetto; Nazi occupation activities in the Generalgouvernement; the Nazi propaganda movie, “Order Brings Forth Bread"; improvement of the scene in Wartheland; inducements to laborers working in the Reich; transports of food and workers from Ukraine to the Reich; Reaction of the Jewish population...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Articles by Marcel Chouraqui regarding the heroic deeds of the Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur (FFI- Interior French Forces) fighters in France, 1944

File Number : 363

Type of Material : Article, Photograph

Language : French

Newspaper articles by Marcel Chouraqui, June 1944 - April 1945

File Number : 361

Type of Material : Article

Language : French

Personal documentation belonging to Leon Bresigher regarding the military decorations awarded to him as an officer in the Forces Françaises Libres (FFL – Free French Army) during World War II, 1927-1985 The decorations are: - Médaille Coloniale (Colonial Medal), 27 February 1944; - Médaille Commemorative du Levant (Medal for the Levant), 1945; - Croix de Guerre (Cross of War), World War II, 01 April 1968; - Croix du Combattant Volontaire (Volunteer Combattant Cross), 1939-1945, 09 October 1969. Official documents pertaining to Leon Bresigher's military career: - Operations order, 27 July...

File Number : 334

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents

Language : Italian, French

Jewish underground press in France, 1941-1944

Jewish underground press in France, 1941-1944 - "Notre Parole" (Our Word), 1941, 1943 (incomplete); - "Notre Voix" (Our Voice), 1942-1944 (incomplete); - "La Voix de la Femme Juive" (The Jewish Woman's Voice) ,1943 (incomplete); - "Droit et Liberté" (Law and Liberty), 1944 (incomplete); - "En Avant" (In the Front), 1943 (incomplete); - "Jeune Combat" (Young Combat), 1943-1944 (incomplete); - "Quand Meme" (Even So), 1943-1944 (incomplete); - "J'Accuse" (I Accuse), 1942-1943 (incomplete).

File Number : 318

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : French

To be translated

File Number : 5075

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Research Paper, Photograph, Official Documentation

Language : French, English

Testimony of Yehoshua (Herman) Zvi Lamdan (Lehrer), born in Frankfurt, 1928, regarding his experiences in Frankfurt, orphanages in France, his escape to Spain and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Yehoshua Zvi Herman Lehrer Lamdan, born in Frankfurt, 1928, regarding his experiences in Frankfurt, orphanages in France, his escape to Spain and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944 Childhood; his family was originally from Poland; abuse in the streets; atmosphere of fear in the community; Kristallnacht, 9 November 1938; arrest of the adults in his family; move to Strasbourg with three friends, 05 December 1938; life in an orphanage in Haguenau. Air-raids and German occupation, 09 January 1940; escape to Perigeux; move to an orphanage in Tresillac with the help of the UGIF; receives postcards from...

File Number : 10081

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshan Cohen, born in Djerba, Tunisia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Tunisia

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshan Cohen, born in Djerba, Tunisia, 1916, regarding his experiences in Tunisia Family with many children; Jewish life in Djerba; learns in the "heder" of the local rabbi; Zionist activities in Ateret Tzion, 1936; displays of antisemitism by the Arabs; German occupation of France, 1940. German occupation of Tunisia, 02 November 1942; draft with other Jews to a German military camp, Marfak, located between Sfax and Gafsa; labor in cleaning and maintenance; transfer to Tunis to labor in ammunition storerooms and digging graves, February 1943; liberation, summer 1943. Sets sail to France,...

File Number : 9710

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew