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Testimony of Ruben Kohn, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Zagreb, Crikvenica, Rab, with the partisans in the Dalmatia area and in other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Ruben Kohn, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Zagreb, Crikvenica, Rab, with the partisans in the Dalmacija area and in other places Life in Zagreb before the war; Zionist family. Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 10 April 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; evades deportation to camps; rescue by Horvat Pavao, who was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations; escape to Crikvenica; life under the Italian occupation; deportation to Kraljevica, November 1942; camp life including internal coordination by inmates; transfer to Rab, May 1943; camp life; release, September 1943; move to the south of Dalmacija under the protection of the Yugoslavian partisans organization, the People's Army for the Liberation of Yugoslavia; life with the partisans; end of the war. Life in Zagreb; aliya to Israel, 1948.
item Id
6666225
First Name
Reuven
Ruben
Last Name
Kohen
Kohn
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
13/08/07
Date of Creation - latest
13/08/07
Name of Submitter
Kohn Ruben
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection