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Flora
Eskenazi
Flora Eskenazi
Flora was born in Marseille in 1925 to a Greek father and a Turkish mother, both traveling ice-cream vendors. She grew up in a happy family of six children.
In 1939, the family left Marseille for the small town of Barjols, where Flora lived until her father's arrest. He was undeniably turned in as the authorities didn’t know her family was Jewish. By choice, her father had not reported his family to the census authorities and they did not wear the yellow star. Shortly afterwards, the Gestapo returned and arrested Flora's mother and her 15-year-old brother Henri. [...+]
My visit to Flora
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Extraits
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Flora
« That cold, I don't think I ever stopped shaking. »
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Flora
« Before I go, I want to testify one last time so that young people know what happened. »
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Flora
« I know what it's like to see yourself die. »
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Flora
« We were the walking dead. »
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Flora
« We were naked bodies, with nothing. »