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Protest letters written by Avram Tadzher [President of the Central Consistory] opposing displays of anti-Semitism and the anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1938-1943

Protest letters written by Avram Tadzher [President of the Central Consistory] opposing displays of anti-Semitism and the anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1938-1943 - Protest letter to N. Nikolaev, the Minister of the Interior, regarding activities of Ratnik, the forbidden Fascist organization, 02 July 1938; - Protest letter to the Organization of Retired Military Officers opposing the Law for Protection of the Nation, 10 January 1941; - Protest letter to the Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Army, 01 October 1942; - Protest letter to the War Minister opposing the anti-Jewish policy, 19 April 1943.

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian

Memoirs of Marie [Mordechai] Mor, born in Veria, Greece, 1911, regarding the rescue of her family in Greece, 1940-1945

Memoirs of Marie [Mordechai] Mor, born in Veria, Greece, 1911, regarding the rescue of her family in Greece, 1940-1945 Experiences of the family before the war; outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, 28 October 1940; draft of her husband and two brothers to the Albanian front; preparation of hiding places in surrounding villages; air-raids; Christian refugees in the city; provision of a place to live and food by Kiria Vaso, a Christian woman; return of her husband from the front, December 1940; occupation of Greece by the Germans, March 1941; concentration of Jews in labor camps; juxtaposition of rumors...

File Number : 5853

Type of Material : Memoirs, List of Murdered Jews

Language : English

Testimony of Nisan Niso Moustaki, born in Corfu, Greece in 1920, regarding his experiences on the island of Corfu, his exile to the islands of Paxi and Lazaretto during the Italian occupation period, his escape from the deportation to the islands of Paxi and Lefkas in June 1944, his experiences in Greece until his aliya to Eretz Israel in June 1946, and his life in Israel Island of Corfu; his family's background: witness' father was born on the island of Corfu; his mother was born in Trieste; death of his mother when the witness was a baby; his childhood; Italian Catholic kindergarten; he attends a Talmud...

File Number : 5797

Type of Material : Memoir Book, Article, Photograph

Language : Hebrew, Greek

Testimony of Naomi (Gani) Porta, born in Zakinthos, Greece, 1921, regarding her experiences in hiding in the mountain area of the Island of Zakinthos

Testimony

Testimony of Naomi (Gani) Porta, born in Zakinthos, Greece, 1921, regarding her experiences in hiding in the mountain area of the Island of Zakinthos Life before the war in Zakinthos; relations with the Greeks. Life under Italian occupation; rumors of manhunts for Jews by the Germans; German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees including the yellow badge; failure of the attempt to enforce the wearing of the badge due to resistance from the mayor and the head of the local church; escape with family and most of the Jews to the mountain area of the Island for fear of deportation; life being hidden among Greek...

File Number : 3104

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Cohen, born in Saloniki, Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences as a Greek Army soldier, in German captivity, in the Saloniki Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buna, on a death march, Bergen-Belsen and other places Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; military service in the Greek Army; taken captive by the Germans; transfer to Crete; transfer to Saloniki; life in the Saloniki Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buna; transfer to Dora; camp life including arranging mutual help; death march to Bergen-Belsen; liberation, 1945. Move to Celle.

File Number : 2878

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Marco Nahon, born in Greece, regarding his experiences in Demotika, the Saloniki Ghetto and Brzezinka

Testimony of Marco Nahon, born in Greece, regarding his experiences in Demotika, the Saloniki Ghetto and Brzezinka German occupation; life in Demotika including receiving information about impending deportation of Jews; deportation to the Saloniki Ghetto; ghetto life including help given to Jews by the local people, the church and Greek policemen; deportation to Brzezinka; camp life including labor at construction; murder of Jews; death march; list of those murdered and survivors.

File Number : 2793

Type of Material : List of Survivors, List of Murdered Persons, Memoirs

Language : French, English

Memoirs of Alberto Molcho regarding the experiences of his family in the ghetto and in the Salonika, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Jaworzno camps

Memoirs of Alberto Molcho regarding the experiences of his family in the ghetto and in the Salonika, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Jaworzno camps - Memoirs of Alberto Molcho regarding his family's experiences in the Holocaust: - residence in Thessaloniki; German occupation of Thessaloniki in 1941; concentration of Jews and registration for transfer to forced labor in 1942; Alberto's fictitious registration for forced labor in return for a bribe, and receiving a transit permit; abolition of the forced labor of the city's Jews in exchange for a ransom payment; deportation to ghettos in various neighborhoods in the...

File Number : 11502

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : French

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation related to Matilda Mionis, born in Athens in 1935, and her brother Israeli Mioni, from 1946-1947, and documentation regarding the fate of members of the Mionis (Magionis) family in Greece during the Holocaust period - "Open ends": Comments by Galit Fisher, the granddaughter of Matilda Mionis, regarding members of the Migionis family and their fate during the Holocaust period (most of them were murdered or disappeared); the comments were written on 23/05/2018; - Personal documentation related to members of the Magionis family: --- Birth certificate of Mazalto Magionis, born in...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Death Certificate, Documentary, Diploma, Identity Card, Personal Documents, Birth Certificate

Language : Hebrew, English, Greek

Transcript of an interview with Alfred Cohen, regarding his family's experiences in Trikala, Salonika and Athens, while in hiding in the Palace of Princess Alice in Athens, during their escape to Egypt, and the liberation Transcript of an interview with Alfred Cohen, born in Trikala, Greece in 1909 (the segment that deals with the Palace of Princess Alice has been lost, but it appears in the tape-recorded interview): His parents were Haimaki Cohen, who was a Member of the Greek Parliament, and Rachel Cohen. They married in Salonika in 1905. Alfred's brothers and sisters were: Tilde, born in 1906, Elie,...

File Number : 10212

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : French

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