Baghdad

Esperance David – In the 50’s in Baghdad

So the regent and his family were killed by that coup [in 1958] by them [by the Revolutionists], because there was a coup in the government at that time.  So, from a kingdom, that was done away, literally done away, killed all of them, and they established the republic and, from then on, it became … Read more

Esperance David – Baghdad Pogrom 1941

INT:    Can I ask you, again, about the pogrom that you lived through, as a child?  Do you think that was directly related to what was happening in Europe? ED:      Yes, because my dad says, and I have a vision of that, although I don’t remember seeing it, about half a dozen Gestapo people walked … Read more