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Testimony of Rafael Reuveni Rubin, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1938, regarding his life in Albania and in the Bergen-Belsen camp

Testimony of Rafael Reuveni Rubin, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1938, regarding his life in Albania and in the Bergen-Belsen camp Childhood in Pristina and life of Sephardic Jews in the community; German occupation in April 1941 and transition to Italian military government about two months later; exile to Berat, Albania in 1942; return to Pristina in 1944; entry of Muslim soldiers from the 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian); deportation of Jews to Sajmište concentration camp and from there by train to Bergen-Belsen; hunger; disease; connection with Dutch prisoners; entry of...

File Number : 13745

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Abramovitz, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1929, regarding his experiences in Sajmište, Albania; Bergen-Belsen; and the “lost train”

Testimony of Aharon Abramovitz, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1929, regarding his experiences in Sajmište, Albania; Bergen-Belsen; and the “lost train” Childhood in Pristina; life in the Jewish community; his mother’s death; moving to Zagreb to live with relatives; outbreak of war in April 1941; expulsion of foreign residents from Croatia; return to Pristina; entry of Germans and transfer of regime to Italian army; his father’s death; supporting himself; move to Berat, Albania, where the Jews of Pristina were exiled; entry of Germans in September 1943; return to Pristina; arrest by Germans and Muslim 21st...

File Number : 13730

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hananya Rokach, born in 1933 in Syrte, Libya, regarding his experiences as a child in Syrte, Messurata and Tripoli

Testimony

Testimony of Hananya Rokach, born in 1933 in Syrte, Libya, regarding his experiences as a child in Syrte, Messurata and Tripoli Life before the war; member of a family of merchants; transfer to Nawfaliya by the Italian army; living there for several months; escape after the departure of the Italian army; escape to Syrte; deportation with the Jews to Messurata; escape with family to Tripoli in 1943; Zionist activity; aliya to Israel in 1951; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mazal Fortuna Fortune (Elias) De Kalo, born in Athens, Greece, 1932, regarding her experiences in Athens, in hiding and while using a false identity

Testimony

Testimony of Mazal Fortuna Fortune (Elias) De Kalo, born in Athens, Greece, 1932, regarding her experiences in Athens, in hiding and while using a false identity Her childhood and family background. Italian Army occupation [of Athens]; attitude of the Italians; German Army occupation [of Athens]; life under German occupation including acts of abuse against the Jews by SS men; detention of her mother in prison; deportation of her mother to Auschwitz; in hiding while hidden by Helene Daskalik; life while using a false identity, with the name Petachia; search [for the witness] by Gestapo men;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Albahari Gal Yam, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1935, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Split, Korchula and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Albahari Gal Yam, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1935, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Split, Korchula and other places German Army occupation [of Yugoslavia], 1941; draft of his father into the military; detention [of his father] as a POW in a POW camp in Osnabruck, Germany; escape of the witness, with his mother, to the Italian occupied zone with help from a non-Jewish acquaintance; illegally crosses the border at Mostar while using forged documents; transfer by the authorities from Split to the Jewish community in the Korchula area; murder of 14 Jews as punishment for actions...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bianka (Finzi) Gottfried, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sarajevo, Mostar, Croatia, Camppsrid and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Bianka (Finzi) Gottfried, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Sarajevo, Mostar, Croatia, Camppsrid [?] and other places Her childhood; her grandfather serves as the Sephardi rabbi of Sarajevo; arrival of Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia en route to Eretz Israel. Outbreak of the war, April 1941; deportation of her father to Jasenovac camp; escape of her family to Mostar; deportation by the Italian Army to detention on a island near Dubrovnik; life on the island including cultural activities; move on fishing boats farther inland [?] with help from Tito's...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Aliza Aliki (Meizen) Sardas, born in Kerkyra, Greece, 1923, regarding her experiences in Kerkyra, Patras, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Hagenau

Testimony

Testimony of Aliza Aliki (Meizen) Sardas, born in Kerkyra, Greece, 1923, regarding her experiences in Kerkyra, Patras, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Hagenau Childhood and community life in Kerkyra. Occupation of Kerkyra by the Italian Army, 1941-September 1943; treatment by the Italian Army; occupation of Kerkyra by the German Army, September 1943; life under German occupation including anti-Jewish legislation; concentration of the Jews in an open field; [transfer to a] military camp; distribution of food by the Red Cross and the locals; deportation by ships to Patras, 09 June 1944; transfer by train for...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Haim Altaratz, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Mostar, Split, Dubrovnik and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Altaratz, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Mostar, Split, Dubrovnik and other places His childhood in Sarajevo. German Army occupation of Sarajevo, April 1943; informed on by their Croatian housemaid; rape of his grandmother by drunk German officers; move to Mostar using Aryan documents with help from a Moslem acquaintance; rescue of his brother by the Moslem acquaintance; move to Split which was under Italian occupation; move to Dubrovnik; transfer to an Italian camp on the island of Rab, September 1943; joins Tito's partisans; BBC broadcasts to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Emilia (Gueta) Nahamias, born in Tobruk, Libya, 1934, regarding her experiences in Tobruk, Benghazi, Giado, Tripoli and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Emilia (Gueta) Nahamias, born in Tobruk, Libya, 1934, regarding her experiences in Tobruk, Benghazi, Giado, Tripoli and other places Allied and German air-raids on Tobruk; her family's escape to Benghazi; deportation to Giado camp; camp life, including hunger, morbidity and mortality, 1941-1943; forcing of men to dig graves; activities by the Italian authorities for the benefit of the men; her mother gives birth in the camp; liberation by the British Army. Move to Benghazi; riots against the Jews by the Arab population; murder of a teacher, against the background of [his] Zionist activities;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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