Tag #125634 - Interview #78561 (Sofi Eshua Danon-Moshe)

Irrespective of the restrictions, we found a way to keep our morale high because life had to go on. When there was a ban on our going out, we sneaked through the doors between the houses and managed to share the news. The code our fathers used to share the news about the events was very funny. They called the Englishmen, for example, ‘algouzha’ – a needle. When Tripoli fell, a very important battle, because of the liberation of Africa, they didn’t say Tripoli fell but said, ‘Las tres fustas fell’ ‘Fustas’ means skirts and ‘Las tres fustas’ literally means ‘the three skirts fell’ [a pun]. That was how the news was announced. They listened to Radio London, and Radio Moscow. And all the news was shared the following day.