Testimony of Lea Li On (Rechnitzer) Lion, born in Daruvar, Yugoslavia, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Frijedor, in hiding in Bosanaka-Krupa, Risovac and using a false identity
Testimony of Lea Li On (Rechnitzer) Lion, born in Daruvar, Yugoslavia, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Frijedor, in hiding in Bosanaka-Krupa, Risovac and using a false identity
Testimony of Lea Li On (Rechnitzer) Lion, born in Daruvar, Yugoslavia, 1932, regarding her experiences as a child in Frijedor, in hiding in Bosanaka-Krupa, Risovac and using a false identity
Religious Zionist family; move to Bihac; life before the war.
German occupation, 1941; Aryanization; attitude of the local population; arrest of the community leaders and deportation of the Jews to a school outside the village; labor in villages in exchange for food; help from a Nazi Ustasha officer; transfer to Frijedor, 1942; life in Frijedor including help from the Jewish community; obtains false documents; escape from a deportation train; wanderings; help from her father's Christian friends; life in hiding in Bosanaka-Krupa; move to Risovac with help from a partisan; life using a false identity; liberation by partisans, May 1945.
Return to Bihac; displays of antisemitism in school; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1949; life in Israel.
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item Id
3562107
First Name
Lea
Last Name
Li On
Lion
Maiden Name
Rechnitzer
Rekhnitzer
Date of Birth
1932
Place of Birth
Daruvar, Yugoslavia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
5333
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives