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Testimony of Luna (Kabilio) Kahana, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Sarajevo, Split, Vela Luka, Bari and the United States

Testimony
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Testimony of Luna (Kabilio) Kahana, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1939, regarding her experiences as a child in Sarajevo, Split, Vela Luka, Bari and the United States Life before the war. German occupation, April 1941; move to Split with help from a Moslem friend; move to Vela Luka; life in Vela Luka; relations with the local population; contact with Jewish refugees; move on rafts to Bari, September 1943; life in Saint Croce, June 1944; receives a visa to the United States from the Emergency Refugee Shelter organization; move to the United States on the "Henry Gibbons" ship; life on board the ship along with wounded US Army soldiers and German POWs; visit by Ruth Gruber and Eleanor Roosevelt; end of the war. Move to Yugoslavia; move to Sarajevo; move to Zagreb; aliya to Israel on the "Radnik" ship, 1949.
item Id
6438792
First Name
Luna
Last Name
Kahana
Maiden Name
Kabilio
Date of Birth
23/05/1939
Place of Birth
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/03/07
Date of Creation - latest
12/03/07
Name of Submitter
כהנא קביליו לונה
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection