Transcript of testimony of Itamar Doron né Deutsch, born in Osijek in 1934, about his experiences in Yugoslavia and Italy during the Holocaust and his immigration to Israel in 1948

Transcript of testimony of Itamar Doron né Deutsch, born in Osijek in 1934, about his experiences in Yugoslavia and Italy during the Holocaust and his immigration to Israel in 1948 Transcript of testimony of Itamar Doron né Deutsch, translated from Hebrew into English and edited by his daughter, Orly Ardon née Doron Childhood in Osijek and, after 1936, in Sušak (Croatian territory); witness's father: rabbi of the Neolog congregation in Sušak; father active in Hashomer Hatzair; witness attends a Jewish school in Fiume (Italian territory); activity of witness's father for Jewish refugees (from Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungay); war in Yugoslavia erupts in April 1941; Italy occupies the area; anti-Jewish legislation; father sent to the Ferramonti camp in 1942; Allied air raids; Yugoslavian partisans control area from 1943 on; German air raids; witness moves with mother to Bakarac, an area under partisan control; approx. one month stay in Bakarac; battles between Germans and partisans for Bakarac, in which most partisans die; witness and mother return to Sušak; they stay in Sušak under rule of Gemans and Ustasha for approx. half a year; witness and mother escape to Italian territory, hiding their Jewish identity; stay in Milan: mother engages in trade; witness attends a Catholic residential school for two years; conceals his Jewish identity most of the time; reports about father's fate (he was chief rabbi in the Ferramonti camp; died from an illness); witness and mother immigrate to Israel in November 1948; mother remarries; life in Israel.