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Josip E. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1324) interviewed by Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1324

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Josip E., who was born in Yugoslavia in 1927. He recalls they were one of three families in a small village; attending high school in Osijek; returning home in 1941 when Croatia allied itself with Germany; his father's deportation; the Jewish community arranging for him to live with a Jewish family in Osijek when all Jews were deported, including his mother; moving to a relative in Slavonska Požega; arrest by the Ustaša; deportation to Stara Gradiška; slave labor; a cousin sharing bread; random killings; a public execution; transfer to Jasenovac; encountering an uncle who gave him extra food until he was killed in December 1944; mass killings with knives by the Ustaša; a revolt led by a communist prisoner in April 1945; his escape (almost everyone else was killed); hiding with assistance from local Serbs; hospitalization; joining the Yugoslav army; his career; marriage in 1950; and the births of two daughters. Mr. E. discusses details of camp life including inter-group relations; no one from his family of over one hundred surviving in Yugoslavia; nightmares and health problems resulting from the camps; and destruction of Jewish life in Croatia by the Ustaša.
Author/Creator: E., Josip, 1927-
Published: Belgrade, Serbia : Jewish Community in Belgrade, 1989
Interview Date: December 15, 1989.
Locale: Yugoslavia
Osijek (Croatia)
Slavonska Požega (Croatia)
Cite As: Josip E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1324). 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. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 1 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Mutual aid.
Concentration camps Revolts.
Concentration camps Underground movements.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mass killings.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Escapes. Nightmares. Yugoslavia. Osijek (Croatia) Slavonska Požega (Croatia) Oral histories (document genres) E., Josip,--1927- Ustaša, hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija. Jasenovac (Concentration camp) Stara Gradiška (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/4283736
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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