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Testimony of Willy Weiss, born in Nis, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Nis, a camp and using a false identity in Leskovac and Graz

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Testimony of Willy Weiss, born in Nis, Yugoslavia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Nis, a camp and using a false identity in Leskovac and Graz Community life in Cacak; attends school; religious studies in Visegrad and continuation of his studies in Belgrade and Nis. German occupation, April 1941; expulsion from the school in Nis; yellow badge; assembly of men ages 16-70 to forced labor in a "Beutesammellager" camp in which spoils from the defeated Yugoslavian Army were concentrated; abuse; execution of all the men on Bubanj Mountain; escape of the family from Nis using forged documents; escape to Leskovac; hidden by a Serbian family; move of the family to work in Graz using false identities; liberation.
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details.fullDetails.itemId
3563277
details.fullDetails.firstName
Vili
Willy
details.fullDetails.lastName
Veis
Weiss
details.fullDetails.dob
1925
details.fullDetails.pob
Nis, Yugoslavia
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Testimony
details.fullDetails.fileNumber
8995
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
details.fullDetails.recordGroup
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
18/01/1996
details.fullDetails.latestDate
18/01/1996
details.fullDetails.submitter
WEISS WILLY
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
50
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection