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Debora K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2204) interviewed by Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2204

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Debora K., who grew up in Prijedor, Bosnia, one of five children. She recalls attending university in Belgrade in 1934; marriage to a non-Jewish Serb in 1936; living in Smederevska Palanka; her son's birth; German invasion in 1941; partisan activities with her husband; their arrest; traumatic separation from her husband; transfer to a Belgrade prison, then Banjica; interrogations and beatings; transfer of Jewish prisoners to Zemun (Zajmiste) in December 1941; sharing food and clothing with Romani prisoners; becoming ill; assistance from fellow prisoners; her husband arranging her release in February 1942 due to her marriage to a non-Jew; continuing their partisan activities in Belgrade; liberation; reunion with her son (he had been with relatives); and moving to Prijedor in 1946. Ms. K. discusses the psychosis of hunger and fear in camps; the murders of her parents, sisters, brother-in-law, and sister's child in camps; and her two brothers surviving as partisans.
Author/Creator: K., Debora.
Published: Belgrade, Serbia : Jewish Community in Belgrade, 1991
Interview Date: March 19, 1991.
Locale: Yugoslavia
Belgrade (Serbia)
Prijedor (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Smederevska Palanka (Serbia)
Cite As: Debora K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2204). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Almuli, Jaša, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in Serbian.

Physical Details

Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 1 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Partisans.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Interfaith marriage. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Yugoslavia. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Husband and wife. Belgrade (Serbia) Prijedor (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Smederevska Palanka (Serbia) Oral histories (document genres) K., Debora. Banjica (Concentration camp) Zemun (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296614
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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