- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Albert E., who was born in Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia in 1929 and was raised in Zagreb. He recalls expulsion from gymnasium in 1941 due to the anti-Jewish laws of newly independent Croatia; his father's deportation to Jasenovac (they never saw him again); a Croatian neighbor alerting them that the Ustaša were looking for them; he, his mother, and sister hiding with Croat friends; returning home; hiding several more times; an uncle sending them false papers; moving to Mostar in the Italian-occupied area; Italians helping the Jews to leave, knowing the Ustaša would soon take over; benign Italian internment in Jelsa and Hvar; transfer to Rab; the camp underground preparing for the arrival of partisans when Italy capitulated; partisan assistance evacuating to Topusko, headquarters of the anti-fascist Croatians; hiding with peasants in several villages during Nazi offensives; working as a partisan courier; seeing Randolph Churchill often (he was in the British mission); moving to Zadar with his mother and sister after its liberation; returning to Zagreb; working as a journalist while attending school; emigrating with his family to Israel in 1949; meeting his future wife while visiting Yugoslavia; returning permanently in 1962; and working in Jewish communal affairs after his retirement.
- Author/Creator
- E., Albert, 1929-
- Published
- Belgrade, Serbia : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1996
- Interview Date
- May 28, 1996.
- Locale
- Yugoslavia
Croatia
Israel
Slavonski Brod (Croatia)
Zagreb (Croatia)
Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Jelsa (Croatia)
Hvar (Croatia)
Zadar (Croatia)
Topusko (Croatia)
- Cite As
- Albert E. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3584). 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.
