Testimony of Svetozar Asherovitz Javosevic, born in Beograd, Yugoslavia, 1940, regarding his experiences in Beograd, Cacak and in hiding in Valjevo

Testimony of Svetozar Asherovitz Javosevic, born in Beograd, Yugoslavia, 1940, regarding his experiences in Beograd, Cacak and in hiding in Valjevo Life with his family; his mother evades divorce; his mother's escape from Beograd to Cacak with two children while using forged documents. In hiding in the attic of a Serbian acquaintance; informed on; deportation of his mother to labor in Germany with her daughter who was born in 1938, while using a false identity; witness is abandoned at the entrance of a home; taken care of by [people from] the social welfare service; fostered by Serbian children's author, Desa Tomic; escape of Desa and her husband to Valjevo after being informed on for hiding a Jewish boy, 1942; escape to a smaller city. Revelation of his Jewish origin at the age of 14; meets his mother at the age of 16; his attitude toward his mother; request to have Desa Tomic and her husband recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.