The Jews of Cyrenaica During World War II, in Their Own Words (Sephardic Horizons)

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The Jews of Cyrenaica During World War II, in Their Own Words

Drawing on oral histories and a family memoir, Vivienne Roumani-Denn, former Judaica librarian at UC Berkeley, tells how the Jews of eastern Libya lived through World War II: anti-Jewish laws, the looting of Benghazi, internment in the Giado camp, deportation to Tunisia, and the return to homes that had been stripped bare.

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By Vivienne Roumani-Denn, Sephardic Horizons, Volume 11, Issue 2 and 3. Opens in a new tab.

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