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Testimony of Henny Hadassa (Stein) Weinrebe, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Milan, the Ferramonti de Tarsia camp, Camisano and more

Testimony

Testimony of Henny Hadassa (Stein) Weinrebe, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Milan, the Ferramonti de Tarsia camp, Camisano and more Life before the war; rise to power of the National Socialist Party, 1933; escape to Milan, summer 1934; life in Milan; escape to Milan of refugees from Austria and Germany, 1938. Deportation together with her family to Ferramonti de Tarsia camp, summer 1940; camp life; Jewish school in the camp; cultural and sports activities; transfer to detention in Camisano, October 1942; life in Camisano; restrictions in movement; difficulties in...

File Number : 13262

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Gabriel Isach, born in Florina, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences in Kastoria, Pindus and Grevena

Testimony

Testimony of Gabriel Isach, born in Florina, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences in Kastoria, Pindus and Grevena Life before the war. Italian-Greek war, 1940; death of her brother in combat; German occupation, April 1941; decrees including the yellow badge; escape to Kastoria, middle 1942; deportation by the police commander; escape to Pindus; wanderings in villages; escape to Grevena; life in Grevena including work as a messenger for the partisans; typhus; wanderings; malaria; liberation. Aliya training in Athens; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.

File Number : 12857

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nela Veis, born in Italy, regarding her experiences in Ferrara, in hiding in Italy, and in Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Nela Veis, born in Italy, regarding her experiences in Ferrara, in hiding in Italy, and in Israel Hiding with the father in a family of Italian acquaintances in Ferrara; arrest of the brother along with other Jews and anti-fascists; imprisonment of the brother; gathering some of the detainees in the town square and murdering them; bombing of the prison by the Allies after two months; order for the brother to report regularly to the police; arrival of the brother with the mother and the grandmother to the place of hiding in an Italian family, and family reunification; bombings; wandering; various...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nadine (Neiger) Lustig, born in Anvers, 1930, regarding her experiences in Belgium, France and Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Nadine (Neiger) Lustig, born in Anvers, 1930, regarding her experiences in Belgium, France and Switzerland Escape towards France, May 1940; transit stops in France until the move to Nice; warning from a French police officer, July 1942; rescue of Jews by the Italian government; conditions in Nice; entry of the Germans, 1943; some members of the family move to the area near the Swiss border; illegally crossing the border, 04 September 1943; life in the Champery camp; move of the children to a Jewish children's home in Bex-les-Bains, November 1943; conditions in Bex-les-Bains. Family reunion...

File Number : 12005

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Haim Mile Pinkas, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Albania, Italy and emigration to Venezuela, 1943

Testimony

Testimony of Haim Mile Pinkas, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Albania, Italy and emigration to Venezuela, 1943 Sephardi Ladino-speaking family; his childhood in Belgrade. Outbreak of the war, April 1941; persecutions; forced labor; yellow badge; decision to escape; obtains Volksdeutsche identity documents; move to Hercegovina, under Italian rule; meets a group of Jewish refugees, including his future wife; travel by ship to Albania with approximately 200 refugees; arrival to Kavalla camp; camp life; internal organizing and social life; transfer to Ferramonti...

File Number : 11659

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Report from a meeting of representatives of the Jewish community in Mostar with the commanders of the Mugra Division regarding the confiscation of Jewish property and the deteriorating situation of the Jews in Bosnia Memorandum submitted to Senise, the Italian Police Chief, regarding the fate of the Jewish refugees in the Fiume area and a review report regarding the activities of the Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants (DELASEM), 05 January 1942.

File Number : 71

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Italian

Testimony of Rubino Di Segni from Rome

Testimony of Rubino Di Segni from Rome Testimony regarding the fair treatment of the shop owners by the police; his refusal to work at forced labor and his repeated arrests; cessation of work after air-raids; capture of Jews in Rome by the Nazis; rescue with help from the Church and neighbors.

File Number : 134

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian

Testimony of Luciano Cohen from Rome regarding his escape from Rome, life in hiding near Montorio in Valle (Italy), arrest by a company of German soldiers and rescue by an Italian police commander named Fiorenzo Fioravanti from Poggio Moiano (Italy)

File Number : 103

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Italian

Testimony of Erno Bar, born in Cologne, Germany, 1928, regarding his experiences in Milan and Como

Testimony

Testimony of Erno Bar, born in Cologne, Germany, 1928, regarding his experiences in Milan and Como Forced to emigrate to Milan, 1933; his father's arrest; escape to Como; capture while trying to illegally cross the border to Switzerland; in hiding in a suburb of Milan; life using a false identity until the liberation, April 1945. Reunion with his father after the liberation.

File Number : 9827

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mira Mizmor, born in Osijek, Yugoslavia, 1918, regarding her experiences in Susak, Trieste, Confino libero, free internment in Aprica and Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Mira Mizmor, born in Osijek, Yugoslavia, 1918, regarding her experiences in Susak, Trieste, Confino libero, free internment in Aprica and Switzerland Life before the war; Zionist activities. German occupation; decrees, April 1941; escape to Susak under Italian rule with help from Rabbi Freiberger; rejection of her request for absorption in Ferramonti camp, February 1942; move to Trieste; receives help from the local Jewish community in Trieste; receives documents from the Italian police for confino libero in Aprica, free internment; life in free internment; German occupation, late 1943;...

File Number : 5289

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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