Jack, born in Bengazi (Libya), talks about his family. pre-war period holiddays, relations between Jews and Arabs.
During the war, he hid in a village near Bengazi.
After the war, he stayed in Libya for few years and then moved to Israel.
Yad-Vashem VT-11159
Vito talks about his family and his life before World war two in
Tripoli: the living conditions, family traditions, Shabbat and the holidays.
During the war Vito and his family were hiding in the Arab Villages suffering from hunger.
After the war they moved back to Tripoli
Immigration to Israel and service in Israeli Air-Force as electrician
Yad Vashem VT-11088
Born in Tripoli Libya. Tells about his life, child hood and his family focuses on how they celebrated the holydays.
During the war his father was arrested. After the war during riots conducted by Arab mob, he and his family were saved by an Italian woman
Item : VT- 10815
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Born in
Tripoli,
David tells about his family backgrounds
his father and uncle founded the Macabi club in Benghazi.
Jewish life, holydays and food (around mint 30- sings part of "Yom Kipur" prier)
complicated relations between Arabs and Jews
Italians relations with Jews during the war
German occupation
Pogroms of 1945 and 1948
Making Aliyah
military service in the Israeli Air Force
Yad Vashem VT-10906
Tells about his family, holy-days and Jewish life – Passover ceremony. Childhood games.
The effect of the war on the community, Gathering people to work, stealing property, bombing, German sundering and the Jewish Brigade marching in; going to
Israel and joining the Israel Defense Forces
Yad VAshem - VT-11164
The interview focuses on the interviewee's search for his personal identity as a Jew.
The interviewee tells about his childhood in
Tunis
Holydays, Shabbat and other Jewish traditions.
Relation between Jews, Arabs and Christians.
Anti-Semitism
Life under Vichy (all aspects)
After the war he joined the Haganah ("Defense") and has been sent to train in France.
Moving to Israel and after Military Service he joins the Mossad and sent to Tangier.
Yad Vashem - VT-9549
His father was one of the founders of the "Ben-Yehuda" Zionist organization in Libya.
Tells about Jewish life and customs of Shabbat and Passover.
Learned at three different schools – Italian, Jewish and Zionist
Talks about Anti-Semitism and plans to murder the Jews of Libya, anti-Jewish legislation, forced labor and the camps.
After the war he immigrated to Israel, joined the Hagganah, and later the IDF
Yad Vashem VT11701
Testimony of Elsa Mimun Majar regarding the pogrom in Tripoli in 1945
The testimony is taken from the website
www.italiaebraica.it
The testimony describes the days of the pogrom in 1945 and how the Jews survived
You can watch the item at:
http://www.italiaebraica.it/italiaebraica/video-gallery/viewvideo/360/6-...
