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Testimony of Djoya Zoe Dostis Batish, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1920, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisswasser

Testimony

Testimony of Djoya Zoe Dostis Batish, born in Ioannina, Greece, 1920, regarding her experiences in Ioannina, Larissa, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Weisswasser Traditional family with many children; attends an Alliance school and a Greek school for handicrafts. Outbreak of the war between Greece and Italy; Italian occupation; detention of her father as a Greek Army officer; survival of her brother in a POW camp; German occupation; anti-Jewish decrees; concentration of the Jews of Ioannina, March 1944; transfer to Larissa on a truck; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau by train; first selection and separation from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rita Rivka (Saporta) Zvi, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Thessaloniki and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Rita Rivka (Saporta) Zvi, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1924, regarding her experiences in Thessaloniki and Bergen-Belsen Religious family; life before the war including the Jewish customs in Thessaloniki; attends Alliance schools. Outbreak of the war and German occupation, 1942; concentration of the Jews in the city's square; deportation to Bergen-Belsen; separation of the family; various forced labor assignments for the Germans; liberation. Move to Napoli, 1943; aliya onboard the ship "Queen Elizabeth" via a camp in Gaza to Tel Aviv.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Mano, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1919, regarding his experiences in forced labor, the Larissa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Warsaw and Muldorf

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Mano, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1919, regarding his experiences in forced labor, the Larissa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Warsaw and Muldorf From a well-to-do family; witness's father owns a store; attends a Talmud Torah. German occupation, April 1940; deportation to forced labor in mines, 1942; escape to Larissa, March 1943; life in the Larissa Ghetto; details about Rabbi Koretz, the head of the community; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buna; camp life including labor hauling sacks of cement in a rubber factory; deaths of family members; transfer to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Tuvia Parente, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Greek Army, as a Greek POW in Italian captivity in Milan and Marseilles

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Testimony of Tuvia Parente, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in the Greek Army, as a Greek POW in Italian captivity in Milan and Marseilles Traditional family; attends an Alliance shool and a private school; visit of Aba Hushi who was an emissary from Eretz Israel; drafted into the Greek Army, 1938; service in Albania; Greek POW in Italian captivity, 1941; detention in Milan; transfer to Marseilles, 1943; camp life and labor as a porter in the port; attitude of the German supervisors; injury; liberation. Move by the US Army to Eygpt; work in the British Army; aliya to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Korina Angel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz

Testimony of Korina Angel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926, regarding her experiences in Auschwitz Auschwitz camp life including the transfer of messages to her father and rescue from two selections; death of all of her family members; liberation by the British Army. [Life after the war including] marriage to Leon Angel.

File Number : 6566

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Greek

Testimony of Moshe Mozes Pesach, born in Thessaloniki, 1923, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Warsaw, Muehldorf and Dachau

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Pesach, born in Thessaloniki, 1923, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Warsaw, Muehldorf and Dachau His family background in Thessaloniki; the German occupation; deterioration of the situation; the harsh attitude of the Jewish policemen; deportation on trains to Auschwitz-Birkenau; hardships on the train; the death of elderly people; selections in Birkenau; wounded by a German Kapo; deportation to Warsaw; labor gathering metal and stones from the ghetto; the Warsaw Polish Uprising; marching in the direction of Lodz; deportation by train to Muehldorf;...

File Number : 11801

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Avraham Lazar, born in Larissa, Greece, 1927, regarding his experiences in Larissa under Italian occupation, the Agia area and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Avraham Lazar, born in Larissa, Greece, 1927, regarding his experiences in Larissa under Italian occupation, the Agia area and with the partisans Life in Kavala; attends a Jewish school; relations with the local population. Annexation to Bulgaria, April 1941; decrees; escape of the family to Larissa; life under Italian rule; escape of the family to the Agia area, late 1942; joins the partisans; liberation. Return to Kavala; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Leon Gatenio, born in Saloniki, Greece, 1923, regarding his experiences during his deportation to Bergen-Belsen and in Spain

Testimony

Testimony of Leon Gatenio, born in Saloniki, Greece, 1923, regarding his experiences during his deportation to Bergen-Belsen and in Spain His family; attends the "Gatenio" School founded by his grandfather, Leon Gatenio; attitude of the authorities; Jewish life; atmosphere in his family before the outbreak of the war. Draft of the men to the military; political situation in Greece, 1940-1941; German occupation, 1943; Jewish collaborators; deportation to Bergen-Belsen in a group of 140 Jews with Spanish citizenship; move to Spain after the intervention of the Joint; hardships en route; crosses the border;...

File Number : 8345

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Abraham Kazez, born in 1918 in Kavala, Greece, about his experiences in Kavala and under Italian occupation

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Kazez, born in 1918 in Kavala, Greece, about his experiences in Kavala and under Italian occupation Family background; attends a cheder from age three up and then a Jewish school; life in Kavala; switches to a Greek school in 1932; Fascist graffiti; witness inducted into the police; moves to Athens; German occupation; Germans search for Jews in Athens; Germans received by police personnel including witness; watching a German propaganda film; Italians arrive; witness abused by Italians; German police treatment of Jews.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Malka Zaken née Koya, born in Arta, Greece, in 1928, regarding her experiences in Arta and Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Malka Zaken née Koya, born in Arta, Greece, in 1928, regarding her experiences in Arta and Auschwitz Pre-war life; offspring of a well-off traditional family; attending a Hebrew-language school; antisemitism; Italian occupation; German occupation after Italy surrenders in September 1943; Jews rounded up in a movie theater on Sabbath eve; deportation to Auschwitz; imprinting of number J75979 on her arm in the camp; life in the girls’ barracks; suffering from loneliness; her job: folding murder victims’ clothing; a Jewish Kapo’s brutality; liberation by Red Army forces; reuniting with family...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew