Testimony of Gideon Bela Grup, born in Bugojno, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Split, with the children from Villa Emma from Nonantola and in Switzerland

Testimony of Gideon Bela Grup, born in Bugojno, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences in Split, with the children from Villa Emma from Nonantola and in Switzerland Life until February-March 1942; murder of his father and siblings by the fascists near Gardiska; his mother’s arrest; escape to Split; refusal of the community committee to help; odd jobs in an electric appliance workshop; nervous breakdown; transfer to Italy with a group of children, April 1943; life in Nonantola with the Villa Emma children; illegally crosses the border to Switzerland, September 1943. Aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of children.