Testimony of Mendel Nisim, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, 1908, regarding his experiences in Pristina, under Italian occupation and with the partisans in Albania

Testimony of Mendel Nisim, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia, 1908, regarding his experiences in Pristina, under Italian occupation and with the partisans in Albania Family life and the Jewish community; economic and social situation of the Jews in Pristina; situation and status of the Jews in Moslem surroundings between World War I and World War II. Italian occupation and the local Muslim regime, 1941; help to Jewish refugees from Belgrade; escape to Albania; help from Albanian villagers en route to Valbona; life with the Albanian partisans until the end of the war; details regarding Fadil Hodza, the commander of the Albanian partisans; attitude of the Albanian partisans toward the Jews; German occupation and combat against the Germans and local fascists. Return to Pristina; atmosphere in Kosovo after the war; aliya to Israel, 1948.