The Documentation Center of The Oral History Division The Israel Oral History
North African Jews during WWII, the Hebrew University Association
Ben-Zvi Institute
"To Tell While It Is Still Possible"
Oral Testimonies of North African Jewry during the Holocaust
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
On Zoom
15:00 First Session
Chair: Dr. Margalit Bejarano, the Israel Oral History Association
Greetings:
Mr. Yaacov Yaniv, Director of Yad Ben-Zvi
Dr. Sharon Livne, the Oral History Division, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lectures:
Prof. Dalia Ofer, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Interviewer and the Interviewee – Past and Present in Experience and Memory: Methodological Questions
Prof. Haim Saadoun, the Open University and the Ben-Zvi Institute
Oral Testimonies of Jews from North Africa during the War and Research Challenges
16:15 Second Session
Chair: Dr. David Guedj, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ms. Sharon Rapaport
"A Father and Son Went for a Walk in a Rising Field of Crops" - Childhood Narratives of Benghazi
Dr. Gilat Brav, University of Haifa
The Importance of Key Sentences in Oral Documentation in Shaping the Community Memory of Tunisian Jewry
Dr. Rocco Giansante, Yad Vashem
From Tripoli to Bergen-Belsen: the Trans-National Story of Shlomo Habib
Dr. Victor Hayoun, Researcher of Tunisian Jewry
Oral Testimonies as a Source for Discovering and Reconstructing the Biographies of Victims of World War II among the Jews of Tunisia
18:15 – 18:30 - Break
18:30 Keynote Lecture
Chair: Prof. Amos Goldberg, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Mehnaz M. Afridi, Professor of Religious Studies, Director of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College
Muslims, Survivors, and the Holocaust
The conference will take place in Hebrew and English, with simultaneous translation in both languages and in French.
To join the conference on Zoom, please click here.
The conference was organized with the help of the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Yad Tabenkin Archive, and the Association for the Establishment of the Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II.
