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Testimony of Gabriel Shinar, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. 1932, regarding his experiences in Djakovo; with a Jewish family in Vinkovice; in hiding in Zagreb; with a false identity in Split and other places

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Testimony of Gabriel Shinar, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. 1932, regarding his experiences in Djakovo; with a Jewish family in Vinkovice; in hiding in Zagreb; with a false identity in Split and other places Childhood. Life after the German occupation, 1941; detention in the railroad station; deportation of the witness' father to Stara Gordwa and Jasenovac with the men; deportation of the children and women to the Loborgrad camp, and their return to detention in the railroad station in Sarajevo; deportation to the Djakovo camp, 1941; rescue of the children by the Jewish community in Osijek; separation from his mother; transfer to a Jewish family in Vinkovice; transfer to Osijek; transfer to an old age home in Zagreb when the road to Split is cut off; deportation of the residents of the old age home to Jasenovac; rescue by Mr. Weiss, the director of the old age home; hiding of the witness in Zagreb; transfer to Split, which is under Italian control, with false documents; life in Split; German occupation; liberation by the Yugoslavian partisans, 1944. Return to Sarajevo, 1945; life after the war in the home of his aunt and grandmother; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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7528381
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Gabriel
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Shinar
Shner
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1932
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Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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20/11/08
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20/11/08
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Shinar Gabriel
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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