- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Josif L., who was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1914. He recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; German invasion in 1941; an unsuccessful attempt to enlist in the military; mandatory registration of Jews; forced labor clearing bombing rubble in Belgrade and Smederevo; volunteering as a hostage after a Jewish resistance attempt; an officer who knew him letting him go (the hostages were all shot); obtaining false papers; joining an uncle in Skopje for seven weeks along with his mother, sister, and brother-in-law, moving to Urosevac, then Prizren; moving around during searches with assistance from Albanians and Serbs; moving to Shkodër, Durrës, and Lushnjë in Italian-occupied Albania; frequent visits to Kavajë; German invasion in fall 1943; hiding in Lushnjë and a nearby village until German withdrawal in April 1945; returning to Belgrade; and resuming work as an attorney, assisting in allocating housing for displaced families. Mr. L. discusses testifying at a trial in Graz in 1992 for the officer who had saved him; visiting Simon Wiesenthal in Vienna to confirm his testimony; and the many Serbs, Albanians, and Muslims who helped his family.
- Author/Creator
- L., Josif, 1914-
- Published
- Belgrade, Serbia : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1995
- Interview Date
- April 9, 1995.
- Locale
- Austria
Yugoslavia
Belgrade (Serbia)
Smederevo (Serbia)
Skopje (Macedonia)
Uroševac (Serbia)
Prizren (Kosovo)
Shkodër (Albania)
Durrës (Albania)
Lushnjë (Albania)
Kavajë (Albania : Rrethi)
Vienna (Austria)
Graz (Austria)
- Cite As
- Josif L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3556). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Almuli, Jaša, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Serbian.
