Moshe Byrla with other Jews on Makronisos Island

Moshe Byrla with other Jews on Makronisos Island

Here I am on Makronisos Island with another four Jews who were members of the ELAS organisation. On my right is Zaharias Cohen from Volos and the rest of us are from Thessaloniki: Albertos Tzachon, me, Salvandor Obadia, Raoul Almosnino.

On Makronisos a group of us, six or seven Jews from many different parts of Greece, met up. Two were from Volos, both were called Cohen, one was Salvador Ovadia and the other Zaharias, two were from Thessaloniki, me and Alberto Zahon, whose wife lives here at the old people’s home, one from Kefalonia Island and the last one was Raoul Moslino, who was a photographer and whose wife’s sister lives here with us. After Ai Stratis they sent us to Israel. They got us on a boat to Pireus and from there to boats heading for Israel. They had us chained up on the boats until the moment we were leaving for Israel. 

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