From İzmir to Haifa - Memoirs of a Turkish Jew (Ciltli)

This book is the autobiography of the author, a Turkish Jew born in Izmir in 1923. Ben Shlomo narrates with vivid details his parentsand his life in Izmir. How he decided to emigrate to Palestine by crossing the Turkish-Syrian border illegally, his life first in the Jewish Brigade, then inthe Israeli Defenses Forces and afterwards his civil life. This autobiography is a valuable addition to the existing literature on Turkish Jews and will be agood source for the scholars studying Turkey's Jews.