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Testimony

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...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aser Volah, born in Bjelina, 1934, regarding his experiences in the Bjelina Ghetto, escape, in hiding and joining the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Aser Volah, born in Bjelina, 1934, regarding his experiences in the Bjelina Ghetto, escape, in hiding and joining the partisans Family life; religious holidays, Jewish education. Entry of the Germans and Ustasha assumes control; anti-Jewish legislation, yellow badge; confiscation of their home and store: deportation of his father together with additional Jews to Jasenovac, from where he never returned; his mother, the witness and three siblings move to a small apartment in a suburb of the city; rescue by Risto Ristic, a Righteous Among the Nations; hidden by the Travaric family in a nearby...

File Number : 12026

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian-Croatian

Testimony of Sara Gunda (Pinto) Israel, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1922, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Split, Rab, with the partisans in Vis and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Gunda (Pinto) Israel, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1922, regarding her experiences using a false identity in Split, Rab, with the partisans in Vis and other places Life before the war; her father is the head of the Jewish community. German occupation; restrictions on the Jews; murder of Jews; hiding of her father in a hospital by his physician brother; deportation of Jews, summer 1941; obtains forged documents with the help of a non-Jew; escape to Split; life in Split under Italian occupation; escape of her father and sister with help from a Moslem friend; meets Jewish refugees;...

File Number : 3253

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ala (Samokovlia) Montilio, born in Sarajevo, 1924, regarding her experiences in hiding in Sarajevo, Hvar and Rab camps and with the Yugoslavian partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Ala (Samokovlia) Montilio, born in Sarajevo, 1924, regarding her experiences in hiding in Sarajevo, Hvar and Rab camps and with the Yugoslavian partisans Childhood in a traditional family; good relations within Muslim surroundings. Entry of the Croatians and Germans; round-up by the Ustasha of women and children in the La Benevolenzia building; evades deportation to a camp and hides with Muslim friends; move with forged documents to Mostar under Italian rule, June 1942; deportation with other Jews to the Italian camp Hvar, and then to Rab; camp life; liberation of the camp by Tito's...

File Number : 10205

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian-Croatian

Testimony of Viktor De-Barttoli, born in Sarajevo, 1939, regarding his experiences hiding in Bosnia

Testimony

Testimony of Viktor De-Barttoli, born in Sarajevo, 1939, regarding his experiences hiding in Bosnia Childhood in an established family. His family hides in cellars for fear that his father will be drafted to the Italian Army because of his Italian origin; capture of his parents and the witness stays alone in the cellar, 1942; his mother’s escape from a transport to Jasenovac and the witness’ rescue by his mother; hiding with a Christian family; hiding with Moslem families in Visoko until the end of the war.

File Number : 10204

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian-Croatian

Testimony of Milan Cohen, born in Sunja, Yugoslavia, 1927, regarding his experiences in occupied Yugoslavia and in Italy

Testimony

Testimony of Milan Cohen, born in Sunja, Yugoslavia, 1927, regarding his experiences in occupied Yugoslavia and in Italy Move of his family to a village and then to Banja Luka; community life; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; good relations with the non-Jews in the surrounding area. Air-raids on Belgrade and outbreak of the war, 06 April 1941; escape of the witness and his family to Sanski Most; German and Italian occupation; murder of Jews in Sanski Most; return to Banja Luka, May 1941; deterioration of the attitude of the Catholics and Moslems toward the Jews; anti-Jewish decrees; food rations; ban on...

File Number : 8962

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Levy, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1938, regarding his experiences as a young child in hiding in Mostar, Rab camp and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Levy, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1938, regarding his experiences as a young child in hiding in Mostar, Rab camp and with the partisans Testimony as told to the witness by his mother: Outbreak of the war in Sarajevo and the start of the deportations, April 1941; smuggle of the family to Mostar in the tool crate of a good family friend, a Moslem who is a carpenter and who risked his life to rescue the family; deportation to the Dubrovnik area with the Jews of Mostar and then transfer to a concentration camp in Rab; life in a barracks in Rab camp with his parents; receives a Jewish...

File Number : 8633

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaviva (Atias) Eizenberg, born in Bugojno, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Split, Brac, Nonantola and Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Chaviva (Atias) Eizenberg, born in Bugojno, Yugoslavia, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in Split, Brac, Nonantola and Switzerland Life before the war living with her stepsister's family; relations between the Moslem population and the local Jews. German occupation; her father's murder at Grachniche, 02 August, 1941; escape to Split, March 1942; life in Split; exile to Brac, September 1942; life in Brac including labor as a young girl; transfer to Nonantola, September 1943; life in a monastery; illegally crosses the border to Switzerland, September 1943. Help from the JDC;...

File Number : 5328

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Albert Mosafia, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding his experiences in hiding in Sarajevo

Testimony

Testimony of Albert Mosafia, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding his experiences in hiding in Sarajevo Life before the war; attends a high school; expulsion from the high school, 1941; confiscation of property. Life in hiding in a hospital with help from a Moslem physician, summer 1943; return home with help from friends of various religions, 1943. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1992.

File Number : 7584

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian-Croatian

Testimony of Zejneba Hardaga Susic, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Yugoslavia, regarding her experiences as a Muslim in Sarajevo and as the rescuer of the Cavilio family

Testimony

Testimony of Zejneba Hardaga Susic, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Yugoslavia, regarding her experiences as a Muslim in Sarajevo and as the rescuer of the Cavilio family German air-raids on Sarajevo, 15 April 1941; destruction and looting of the Sephardi synagogue; escape of her Jewish neighbors, the Cavilio family, to the forests; destruction of the Cavilio's house; return of the Cavilio family to Sarajevo; invitation to the Cavilios to reside with the Hardaga family; Cavilio family obtains forged documents; Hardaga family engages a border smuggler to take the Cavilio family over the border illegally;...

File Number : 7438

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Serbian-Croatian

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