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Testimony of Menachem Ganei, born in Athens, Greece, 1937, regarding his family's experiences in Kokkinia during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Menachem Ganei, born in Athens, Greece, 1937, regarding his family's experiences in Kokkinia during the war Family background. The invasion of Athens by the Italian army, 1941; hunger; German occupation, September 1943; refugees from the area of German occupation; escape of the family to Kokkinia; living conditions in Kokkinia; hiding in the mountains. Liberation by the British Army, September 1944; restoration of life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1949; absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Faradzhi Yechail, born in Volos, Greece, 1933, regarding his experiences in Volos, in hiding in Almirós and a covent in the Thessaly district

Testimony

Testimony of Yechial Faradzhi, born in Volos, Greece, 1933, regarding his experiences in Volos, in hiding in Almirós and a covent in the Thessaly district Life before the war: his father owns a millinery; his mother’s work in a cigarette factory; Greek public school. German occupation; escape with the family to the Christian quarter; antisemites break into the apartment; move by a non-Jewish acquaintance to a catholic priests house in the village Almirós; changes his name to Adam; the priest is informed on; move to the Maria Theresa monastery in the Thessaly district; life in the monastery including work...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Drafts of lectures regarding Jews in various countries in Europe and North Africa

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Drafts of lectures regarding Jews in various countries in Europe and North Africa The file is divided into three volumes: Volume I The Jews of Western and Central Europe: the Netherlands; France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Austria and Czechoslovakia Volume II The Jews of Northern Europe: Denmark, Sweden and Norway; the Jews of Eastern Europe: Poland, the Soviet Union and the Baltic States. Volume III The Jews of North Africa: Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria; the Jews of Southeastern Europe: Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania.

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Article

Language : Hebrew

Questionnaire regarding the experiences of Eli Montekio during the Holocaust

Questionnaire of Eli Montekio, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1929, regarding his experiences during the Holocaust Deportation to the Thessaloniki Ghetto with his two brothers, March 1943; deportation to a labor camp in Tiebes (?), Greece, with his brother Pepo shortly afterwards; transfer back to the Thessaloniki Ghetto with Pepo; deportation to Auschwitz with Pepo, August 1943; transfer to Warsaw with Pepo; forced labor; transfer to Dachau with Pepo; transfer to the Muehldorf camp in Bavaria with Pepo; liberation in Muehldorf by the US Army. Transfer to the Tutzing DP camp with his brother Pepo; move to...

File Number : 50

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Record of Deportees, Record of Survivors

Language : English

Questionnaire regarding the experiences of Pepo Montekio during the Holocaust

Questionnaire regarding the experiences of Pepo Montekio during the Holocaust Pepo Montekio, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1928: Deportation to the Thessaloniki Ghetto with his two brothers, March 1943; deportation to a forced labor camp in Tiebes (?) ( Greece) with his brother, Eli, shortly afterwards; return to the Thessaloniki Ghetto with his brother; deportation to Auschwitz with his brother, August 1943; transfer of the brothers to Warsaw for forced labor; transfer of the brothers to Dachau; transfer of the brothers to a camp in Muehldorf (Bavaria); liberation in Muehldorf by the US Army. Moved...

File Number : 49

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Record of Survivors, Record of Deportees

Language : English

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Testimony

פטירת האם בהיות העד תינוק בן 11 חודשים; נישואי האב בשנית; שירות העד בשורות הצבא היווני; מות האח והאם החורגת ב-1942; נישואי העד; הולדת הבן ב-1942; גירוש האוכלוסייה היהודית ובכללם העד ומשפחתו ל-Auschwitz ב-1942; הנסיעה ברכבת גירוש; העברה ל-Birkenau בהליכה רגלית; סלקציה; קעקוע מספר על היד - 1141242; החיים במחנה; עבודות כפייה בבית מרחץ; גילוח שיער הגוף לאסירים ולאסירות בתהליך כניסה למחנה; עבודות כפייה בחיטוי בגדים; מכות והתעללויות מצד הקאפו והמפקדים; המרד של הזונדרקומנדו; שהות במחנה עד תחילת ינואר 1945; פינוי המחנה בתחילת ינואר 1945; יציאה לצעדת מוות; הגעה ל-Gleiwitz; המשך גירוש ל-Mauthausen; שהות ב-Mauthausen במשך...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Marie [Mordechai] Mor, born in Veria, Greece, 1911, regarding the rescue of her family in Greece, 1940-1945

Memoirs of Marie [Mordechai] Mor, born in Veria, Greece, 1911, regarding the rescue of her family in Greece, 1940-1945 Experiences of the family before the war; outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, 28 October 1940; draft of her husband and two brothers to the Albanian front; preparation of hiding places in surrounding villages; air-raids; Christian refugees in the city; provision of a place to live and food by Kiria Vaso, a Christian woman; return of her husband from the front, December 1940; occupation of Greece by the Germans, March 1941; concentration of Jews in labor camps; juxtaposition of rumors...

File Number : 5853

Type of Material : List of Murdered Jews, Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Nisan Niso Moustaki, born in Corfu, Greece in 1920, regarding his experiences on the island of Corfu, his exile to the islands of Paxi and Lazaretto during the Italian occupation period, his escape from the deportation to the islands of Paxi and Lefkas in June 1944, his experiences in Greece until his aliya to Eretz Israel in June 1946, and his life in Israel Island of Corfu; his family's background: witness' father was born on the island of Corfu; his mother was born in Trieste; death of his mother when the witness was a baby; his childhood; Italian Catholic kindergarten; he attends a Talmud...

File Number : 5797

Type of Material : Article, Memoir Book, Photograph

Language : Hebrew, Greek

Testimony of Sylwia (Rosio) Hercberg, born in Rhodes, Greece, 1925, regarding her experiences in Rhodes, Piraeus, Hjdar, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Sylwia (Rosio) Hercberg, born in Rhodes, Greece, 1925, regarding her experiences in Rhodes, Piraeus, Hjdar, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; sinking of a ship of illegal immigrants to Eretz Israel; transfer of the Romanian and Czechoslovakian passengers to Rhodes by the Italian Army; aliya of the illegal immigrants to Eretz Israel on board another ship; joining of Italy into the war. German occupation, 1943; deportation by ship to Piraeus, July 1944; deportation to Hajdar camp; transfer to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Willenstadt, 01 November 1944; camp life including labor in...

File Number : 3216

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Yosef Cohn Chonen, born in Chania (Crete) Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in hiding in Chania, the mountains and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Yosef Cohn Chonen, born in Chania (Crete) Greece, 1920, regarding his experiences in hiding in Chania, the mountains and with the partisans Life before the war; work as a machinist in a printing house. Air-raids by the German Luftwaffe; German occupation; escape; deportation of Jews; move to hiding places with help from the owner of the printing house and non-Jewish acquaintances; in hiding in the mountains; contact with the partisans; life with the partisans including publishing flyers; liberation. Meetings with survivors; life in Chania including work in the printing house; serves as a...

File Number : 3125

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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