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Testimony of Haim Ganis, born in 1930 in Volos, Greece, about his experiences as a boy in Volos, Lakonia, and hiding in villages and in a partisans' camp

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Ganis, born in 1930 in Volos, Greece, about his experiences as a boy in Volos, Lakonia, and hiding in villages and in a partisans' camp Life before the war; offspring of a poor family; Italian forces invade Greece in 1940; escaping to Lakonia; German occupation and fleeing back to Volos in April 1941; transfer of the area to the Italians; surrender of Italy and forewarning about impending events; Germany occupies the area; escape with family to the countryside in September 1943; Germans search for partisans; escape to Lakonia; Jews rounded up; witness and brother are smuggled out by their...

File Number : 13407

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dora Shemaria, born in Rhodes, Italy, 1920, regarding her experiences in Rhodes, Athens, Auschwitz and Rome

Testimony

Testimony of Dora Shemaria, born in Rhodes, Italy, 1920, regarding her experiences in Rhodes, Athens, Auschwitz and Rome Her childhood in Rhodes. Imposition of anti-Jewish legislation and restrictions during the fascist regime, 1938; German Army occupation of Rhodes, 1943; deportation to Athens along with the Jews of Kos, July 1943; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; life in Auschwitz including forced labor; transfer to labor camps in Germany, including Landsberg; liberation by the British Army or the Red Army, 1945. Move to Rome with help from Italians, 1945; life in Rome with help from the Jewish...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Regina (Yakar) Cohen, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Regina (Yakar) Cohen, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on a death march and in Bergen-Belsen Childhood in Thessaloniki. German occupation, April 1941; anti-Jewish legislation; dismissal of her father from work; hunger; yellow badge; Jewish police; displays of antisemitism on the part of the Greek population; concentration of the men in the Freedom Square, July 1942; beating the men and humiliating them; deportation to the ghetto in the Baron Hirsch neighborhood, February 1943; lightning [instantaneous] weddings;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseff Pepo Esformes, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in Auschwitz, Dachau and Waldlager camps and in other places

Testimony

Testimony of Joseff Pepo Esformes, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, in Auschwitz, Dachau and Waldlager camps and in other places Life before the war. German occupation, April 1941; confiscation of property; difficulties with observance of kashrut; concentration of the Jewish men including his father and their transfer to the "Liberty" stadium, July 1942; physical and emotional abuse; wears a yellow badge; Thessaloniki Ghetto life in the "Baron Hirsch" neighborhood; activities of the Judenrat; activities of the Jewish police; deportation to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Samuel Dentes, born in Khania, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences in Athens, the Haidari prison, Auschwitz and Budy

Testimony

Testimony of Samuel Dentes, born in Khania, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences in Athens, the Haidari prison, Auschwitz and Budy Life in Khania and Kavala before the war; move to Athens, 1941. Life under Italian occupation; famine, winter 1941-1942; attitude of the Italian soldiers; German occupation, September 1943; registration of Jews; obligation to report to the synagogue once a week; call from Rabbi Barzilai and the Communist groups to the Jews of Athens to leave the city; yellow badge; collective punishments; confiscation of property; gathering up the Jews of the city and their imprisonment in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ada Rakocz, born in Gabin, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Gabin Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding, using a false identity and in the Polish underground

Testimony

Testimony of Ada Rakocz, born in Gabin, Poland, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Gabin Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto, in hiding, using a false identity and in the Polish underground Life before the war; well-to-do family; her father was a member of the city council; witness receives a Hebrew and Zionist education; music studies; attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel; meets Jewish refugees from Germany, 1938; receives knowledge regarding attacks against Jews and their property. Outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions; robbery of Jewish property; escape of her father and her older...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Salomon Shlomo Shaky, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna-Monowitz; Gleiwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Salomon Shlomo Shaky, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna-Monowitz; Gleiwitz and other places Life before the war. German occupation, April 1941; restrictions on the Jews including confiscation of property; concentration of Jewish men in the square, July 1942; physical and mental abuse of the men; deportation of his brother to forced labor ; yellow badge; deportation to the Thessaloniki Ghetto, 1943; ghetto life including deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including language difficulties; murder of his mother and sisters;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jouly (Meier) Nachmias, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Jouly (Meier) Nachmias, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and other places Life in Ioannina before the war. Italian occupation, 1940; hunger, 1941-1942; arrival of refugees to Ioannina from the area of the German occupation; escape of the refugees to the mountains; surrender of Italy to the Allied forces, September 1943; German occupation; addition of the letter "J" to the identity card; robbery of property; brutal behavior by Germans; transfer of the Jews to the city square, 25 March 1944; Greeks inform on the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmuel Sami Yom Tov Indov, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Buna and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shmuel Sami Yom Tov Indov, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Buna and other places Life before the war; well-to-do traditional family; death of his parents in 1935; Beitar activities. German occupation, 01 April 1941; anti-Jewish legislation; concentration and registration of the youth in Liberty Square, summer 1942; deportation to forced labor in a train factory; deportation to the Thessaloniki Ghetto, 1942; unsuccessful attempt to find a hiding place at a non-Jewish female neighbors; deportation to Auschwitz,...

File Number : 12914

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of Jews deported from Dede-Agach

List of Jews deported from Dede-Agach List of the names of 42 of the Jews from Dede-Agach including the birth dates and birth places of the deportees, their places of residence, addresses, professions, family ties and citizenship. Also in the file: Accompanying information page in German with an explanation regarding the list.

File Number : 22

Type of Material : List, List of Deportees

Language : Bulgarian

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