Testimony of Haim Altaratz, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Mostar, Split, Dubrovnik and other places
Testimony of Haim Altaratz, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Mostar, Split, Dubrovnik and other places
Testimony
Testimony of Haim Altaratz, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Sarajevo, Mostar, Split, Dubrovnik and other places
His childhood in Sarajevo.
German Army occupation of Sarajevo, April 1943; informed on by their Croatian housemaid; rape of his grandmother by drunk German officers; move to Mostar using Aryan documents with help from a Moslem acquaintance; rescue of his brother by the Moslem acquaintance; move to Split which was under Italian occupation; move to Dubrovnik; transfer to an Italian camp on the island of Rab, September 1943; joins Tito's partisans; BBC broadcasts to the partisans in the Vojnic and Topusko area; activities of a children's theater; cultural life; combat against the Germans; combat against the Ustasha; death of his aunt's children in Trieste after being informed on; liberation in Croatia, May 1945.
Aliya to Israel, 1948; life in Israel including being injured in a terror attack.
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item Id
8040973
First Name
Chaim
Haim
Last Name
Altaratz
Date of Birth
02/11/1931
Place of Birth
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives