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Oral history interview with Elias Aelion

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.614 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0614

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    Oral history interview with Elias Aelion

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    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. Aelion's childhood in Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece; his experiences in the military from 1939-1940; his return to Salonika and his life and work there and later in Athens until its occupation by the Nazis in 1943. Mr. Aelion describes hiding in a brothel to escape capture, and witnessing the brutal capture and humiliation of many Greek Jews by Nazi soldiers. Mr. Aelion discusses his unsuccessful attempts to escape Athens, his return there, where he was hidden by an Armenian family, and his attempts to warn and shield friends and family, until their liberation in September of 1944. Mr. Aelion describes the post-war period, learning of the painful news of the death of his family in concentration camps, and his immigration to the United States in 1951, where he moved to San Francisco, learned English and became a bookkeeper.
    Interviewee
    Elia Aelion
    Interviewer
    Anne Feibelman
    Date
    interview:  1989 September 19
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Elias Aelion on September 19, 1989. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in April 2003.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:46:02
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