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Oral history interview with Šerif Biser

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.504.2.1 | RG Number: RG-50.586.0001

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    Oral history interview with Šerif Biser

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Šerif Biser, born in 1925 in the town of Derventa in the former Yugoslavia, discusses the treatment of Jews under the Ustaše regime and the deportation of Jewish families from Sarajevo; a situation in which his mother protected the belongings of deported Jewish families until they could return; his involvement with the anti-fascist movement of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia and subsequent arrest; his imprisonment in Beledija’s investigation prison; his transfer to Jasenovac, life in the Jasenovac camp, and his continued involvement in anti-fascist activities during his captivity; the revolt of prisoners; joining a partisan unit; postwar punishments of Ustaše officials; and the fate of fellow camp survivors.
    Interviewee
    Šerif Biser
    Date
    interview:  2006 June 05
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Serbo-Croatian
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (DVCAM) : sound, color ; 1/4 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Biser, Šerif.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:04:42
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