Testimony of Milan Cohen, born in Sunja, Yugoslavia, 1927, regarding his experiences in occupied Yugoslavia and in Italy

Testimony of Milan Cohen, born in Sunja, Yugoslavia, 1927, regarding his experiences in occupied Yugoslavia and in Italy Move of his family to a village and then to Banja Luka; community life; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; good relations with the non-Jews in the surrounding area. Air-raids on Belgrade and outbreak of the war, 06 April 1941; escape of the witness and his family to Sanski Most; German and Italian occupation; murder of Jews in Sanski Most; return to Banja Luka, May 1941; deterioration of the attitude of the Catholics and Moslems toward the Jews; anti-Jewish decrees; food rations; ban on studies; yellow badge; obtains forged documents, October 1941; escape of the family to Split for one month; deportation to the Treviso Ghetto; transfer to Follina; sympathetic attitude on the part of the population and the authorities; withdrawal of Italy from the war, 08 September 1943; escape of the family to Bari using forged documents. Move to Venice; aliya to Israel, 31 May 1949.