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Memoirs of Mimi Camhi de Faraggi regarding her experiences in Skoplje, Urosevac and using a false identity in Albania

Memoirs of Mimi Camhi de Faraggi regarding her experiences in Skoplje, Urosevac and using a false identity in Albania Life in Skoplje during the German occupation, 06 April 1941; escape together with her family to Urosevac, 10 March 1943; her family remaining in Skoplje and their murder in Treblinka; escape to Albania; life in Albania using a false identity as a Muslim; end of the war. Return to Skoplje; life in Skoplje; finding an album that her grandparents entrusted to a friend, 1946; life during the Soviet regime; escape to Albania; escape to Italy; life in the Bari DP camp; move to live near the...

File Number : 8578

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Spanish

Testimony of Nisim Bekhor Mahlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1920, regarding his experiences in Gharian, as a forced laborer in Sidi Azaz, in Darna, Benghazi and Tripoli

Testimony

Testimony of Nisim Bekhor Mahlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1920, regarding his experiences in Gharian, as a forced laborer in Sidi Azaz, in Darna, Benghazi and Tripoli Home life; Ben Yehuda youth movement activity; imposition of restrictive orders on the Jews; a teacher from Israel sent by the Zionist movement. Air-raids, 1940; escape of the family to Gharian; Italy enters the war; draft of his father to forced labor; Sidi Azaz camp; labor in digging trenches; hunger; synagogue in the camp; hospitalization in Darna; transfer to Benghazi; evacuation of the Jews from the camp in Benghazi to a sealed camp in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Diamantina Makhlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1926, regarding her life in Tripoli during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Diamantina Makhlouf, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1926, regarding her life in Tripoli during the war Family background; life before the war; studies at a Jewish Italian school. The outbreak of war; school closure; the bombings; moving residence to the synagogue; murder of Jews by German soldiers; living in the city until the end of the war. Life after the war; aliya to Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eugenie Shimoni, born in Gafsa, Tunisia, 1933, regarding her experiences in Gafsa and in hiding in protected houses

Testimony

Testimony of Eugenie Shimoni, born in Gafsa, Tunisia, 1933, regarding her experiences in Gafsa and in hiding in protected houses Her childhood in Gafsa with her family. German Army occupation of Tunisia, 1942; life under German occupation including riots by Moslem gangs; in hiding in protected houses of the Jewish community in Gafsa; liberation by the US Army, 1943. Life after the war; attitude of the Moslem population; aliya to Israel, 1957.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Eliza Bornstein, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1930, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Jadu and in Grota Firata

Testimony

Testimony of Eliza Bornstein, born in Tripoli, Libya, 1930, regarding her experiences in Tripoli, Benghazi, Jadu and in Grota Firata Childhood in Tripoli. Shavuot holiday event, 1940; direct hit of bomb on family home: transfer to Benghazi; air-raids; escape; lists of deportees to a concentration camp; transfer to camp Jadu; camp life including hunger; cleaning of streets by rabbis and death from typhus and starvation; liberation by the US Army. Move back to Tripoli; move to the Grota Firata camp; receiving aid from the JDC; aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Megidish, born in Cyrenaica, Libya, 1927, regarding his experiences in Giado camp

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Megidish, born in Cyrenaica, Libya, 1927, regarding his experiences in Giado camp Life before the war; relations between the Italian, the Moslem and the Jewish community. Deportation to Giado camp, 1942; camp life; typhus disease; liberation by the British Army. Receives medical treatment; return to Benghazi; riots by Moslems, 1947; aliya to Israel from Tripoli on the "Atzmaut" ship, 1949

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony

Joint testimony of sisters, Sara (Hershenson) Flaishman, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1933, and Ahuva Liptzi Lidia (Hershenson) Kropman, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1935, regarding their experiences as children in Zamosc, Ukraine, the Ural area, Kurshabskiy area and other places Life in Zamosc before the war; religious family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; air-raids on Zamosc; escape to Ukraine with their family; life in Ukraine including studies; deportation to the Ural area; life in the Ural area including the death of their younger sister; their grandfather's illness and his death; deportation to Kirghizstan;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rachamim Nino Kario, born in Skoplje, Yugoslavia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding, using a false identity in Tirana and in hills

Testimony

Testimony of Rachamim Nino Kario, born in Skoplje, Yugoslavia, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in hiding, using a false identity in Tirana and in hills From a well-to-do family. German occupation, April 1941; decrees including yellow badge; obtains Albanian documents and is hidden by Christian friends; escape to Tirana with the help from the police commander's wife; meets relatives; life using a Moslem identity; escape to the hills with help from Italian soldiers; malaria; liberation, May 1945. Return to Skoplje; aliya to Israel, 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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