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Testimony of Avraham Albahari Gal Yam, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1935, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Split, Korchula and other places

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Testimony of Avraham Albahari Gal Yam, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1935, regarding his experiences in Yugoslavia, Split, Korchula and other places German Army occupation [of Yugoslavia], 1941; draft of his father into the military; detention [of his father] as a POW in a POW camp in Osnabruck, Germany; escape of the witness, with his mother, to the Italian occupied zone with help from a non-Jewish acquaintance; illegally crosses the border at Mostar while using forged documents; transfer by the authorities from Split to the Jewish community in the Korchula area; murder of 14 Jews as punishment for actions by the partisans; liberation of the area by the partisans, October 1943; agreement between Tito and the Allied forces; transfer of refugees from Yugoslavia to Italy; transfer from a Yugoslavian refugee camp to El Shatt camp in the Port Said area in Egypt. Move back to Yugoslavia, 1945; reunion with his father; aliya to Israel, 1948.
item Id
8417948
First Name
Avraham
Avram
Last Name
Albahari
Gal Yam
Date of Birth
07/09/1935
Place of Birth
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
16/12/2009
Date of Creation - latest
16/12/2009
Name of Submitter
Gal Yam Avraham
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection