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Nissim Saroussi Recounts His Family of Tripoli, Libya, 2019

Nissim Saroussi, Tripoli, Libya, 2019. Year of birth: 1930, Country of origin: Libya, City of origin: Tripoli. Nissim was born in Tripoli to Yaakov and Salama. Nissim's father had a tailoring shop and his mother was a housewife. They lived in the Jewish Quarter, Nissim studied at an Italian school in the morning and a Hebrew school in the afternoon, and in the evening he studied poetry. They had no problems with the Arabs, until in 1945 the problems with the Arabs began under the influence of the English. At the age of 17, Nissim and 3 of his friends organized and became members of the youth movement. They recruited young men, made weapons, and fought against the Arabs to protect the Jewish Quarter. Nissim was one of the leaders of the Haganah organization in Tripoli and was responsible for the first ship of illegal immigrants that left Libya in 1947. Nissim arrived in Israel in 1948 by ship. When he arrived, he enlisted in the Palmach, then he came to Kibbutz Ein Harod to establish a kibbutz for Tripoli immigrants. One day he came to visit the transit camp near Hadera where there were many children from Tripoli. The children called him "Moreh (teacher) Nissim, Moreh (teacher) Nissim," and so he began teaching history in high school. At the age of 20, he was already a school principal until he retired. Photo: Avia Infeld

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This testimony was produced as part of Seeing the Voices – the Israeli national project for the documentation of the heritage of Jews of Arab lands and Iran. The project was initiated by the Israeli Ministry for Social Equality, in cooperation with The Heritage Wing of the Israeli Ministry of Education, The Yad Ben Zvi Institute, and The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot.
The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People. The film was produced as part of the Seeing the Voices project, 2019

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Nissim Saroussi Recounts His Family of Tripoli, Libya, 2019

Nissim Saroussi, Tripoli, Libya, 2019. Year of birth: 1930, Country of origin: Libya, City of origin: Tripoli. Nissim was born in Tripoli to Yaakov and Salama. Nissim's father had a tailoring shop and his mother was a housewife. They lived in the Jewish Quarter, Nissim studied at an Italian school in the morning and a Hebrew school in the afternoon, and in the evening he studied poetry. They had no problems with the Arabs, until in 1945 the problems with the Arabs began under the influence of the English. At the age of 17, Nissim and 3 of his friends organized and became members of the youth movement. They recruited young men, made weapons, and fought against the Arabs to protect the Jewish Quarter. Nissim was one of the leaders of the Haganah organization in Tripoli and was responsible for the first ship of illegal immigrants that left Libya in 1947. Nissim arrived in Israel in 1948 by ship. When he arrived, he enlisted in the Palmach, then he came to Kibbutz Ein Harod to establish a kibbutz for Tripoli immigrants. One day he came to visit the transit camp near Hadera where there were many children from Tripoli. The children called him "Moreh (teacher) Nissim, Moreh (teacher) Nissim," and so he began teaching history in high school. At the age of 20, he was already a school principal until he retired. Photo: Avia Infeld

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This testimony was produced as part of Seeing the Voices – the Israeli national project for the documentation of the heritage of Jews of Arab lands and Iran. The project was initiated by the Israeli Ministry for Social Equality, in cooperation with The Heritage Wing of the Israeli Ministry of Education, The Yad Ben Zvi Institute, and The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot.
The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU - Museum of the Jewish People. The film was produced as part of the Seeing the Voices project, 2019