Alegra K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Alegra K., who was born in Thessalonike?, Greece in 1930. She recalls moving to Athens in 1938; benign Italian occupation; attending high school; German occupation in 1943; her brother joining the partisans; obtaining false papers from the police chief, Angelos Evert; moving with her parents to a suburb, with assistance from her brother's non-Jewish friend; returning to Athens after a local family was executed for aiding partisans; hiding in her father's friend's house; financial support from Archbishop Damaske?nos; liberation; finishing school; and marriage in Thessalonike?. Mrs. K. notes the deportation of twenty members of her extended family who did not survive.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- DamaskeĚnos, -- Archbishop of Athens, -- 1891-1949.
- K., Alegra, -- 1930-
- Evert, Angelos M., -- 1894-1970.
Subjects
- Hiding.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- False papers.
- Child survivors.
- Italian occupation.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Fathers and daughters.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Greece.
- Athens (Greece)
- ThessalonikeĚ (Greece)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat