Testimony of Esther Vlasta (Kestler) Tichon, born in Petrinja, Yugoslavia, 1937, regarding her experiences in Belgrade, Petrinja, Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska and a monastery

Testimony of Esther Vlasta (Kestler) Tichon, born in Petrinja, Yugoslavia, 1937, regarding her experiences in Belgrade, Petrinja, Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska and a monastery Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, April 1941; transfer to Belgrade; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Bulgaria in a railroad car; return to Petrinja, 1942; deportation of her family to Jasenovac by the Ustasha; separation from her parents; transfer to Stara Gradiska; camp life including the attitude of the Ustasha female guard; witness and her mother are smuggled out of the camp with help from a Croatian friend of the family, 1944; transfer to a monastery; life in the monastery; liberation. Life with her parents in Zagreb; aliya to Israel, 1948.