Testimony of Yitzhak Itzko Maestro, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Makarska, Split, Vela Luka, other places and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944

Testimony of Yitzhak Itzko Maestro, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Makarska, Split, Vela Luka, other places and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1944 Life before the war; Zionist family; activities in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; aliya training. Outbreak of the war, Pesach, April 1941; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; evades deportation to camps; escape to Makarska using forged documents; life in Makarska under Italian occupation; escape to Split; transfer to Vela Luka by the Italian Army, 1941; life in Vela Luka including list of names of Jews from Vela Luka; surrender of the Italian Army, September 1943; escape to Bari with the help of Yugoslavian partisans; life in Bari including meeting Shalom Finci, a parachutist from Eretz Israel; meets Moshe Shertok Sharett; joins a group of youths; legal aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Batory" ship, 1944.