Overview
- Interview Summary
- Sara Akjakaj, born in 1921 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Serbia), describes her family; her membership in Hashomer Hatzair; the invasion of German forces in 1941; life under German occupation, including additional restrictions for her family because they were Jewish; her activities while in the Communist Youth; fleeing to Pirot, Serbia; her arrest and imprisonment by Bulgarian soldiers; her escape and procurement of train tickets to Sofia, Bulgaria; traveling from Sofia to Skopje, Macedonia and then Urosevac, Serbia; her time in Kuvaja concentration camp; her work with partisan units after the capitulation of Italy; the German offensive on Tirana, Albania in 1944; returning to Belgrade in 1945; the fates of her family members; and her life after the war.
- Interviewee
- Sara Alkalaj
- Interviewer
- Peter Ryan
- Date
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interview:
1997 April 16
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Physical Details
- Language
- Serbian
- Extent
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3 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Hiding places--Albania. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Serbia--Personal narratives. Jews--Persecutions--Serbia. Star of David badges. Women guerrillas. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Serbia. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Albania. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Albania. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Belgrade (Serbia) Kavajë (Albania) Pirot (Serbia) Serbia--History--1918-1945. Serbia. Skopje (Macedonia) Sofia (Bulgaria) Tirana (Albania) Uroševac (Serbia) Yugoslavia--History--Axis occupation, 1941-1945.
- Personal Name
- Alkalaj, Sara.
- Corporate Name
- World Hashomer Hatzair Union of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- This interview is a production of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History branch.
- Funding Note
- The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. - Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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