Testimony of Clara Jessula, a Turkish citizen residing in Milan during the German occupation, regarding her arrest with her mother in March 1944, detention, deportation to a labor camp in Germany, rescue and return to Turkey
Residence in Milan with her mother; arrest by Otto Koch, late March 1944; transfer to the San Vittore prison in Milan; help from activists in the antifascist Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale (Committee for National Liberation) organization who were imprisoned there; difficult journey; improvement in the treatment by the German soldiers after intervention by the Turkish Consulate;...
Testimony of Alberto Bassi, a community clerk in Milan
Jewish communities: Testimonies, declarations and lists
Testimony of Alberto Bassi, a clerk in the Milan Jewish community regarding the arrest of the Jews of the city, 07 November 1943; deportation to the Fossoli camp; transfer to Auschwitz; liberation by the Red Army; escape to Italy due to the refusal of the Soviets to return the witness to his motherland.