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Dragutin B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3712)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3712

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Dragutin B., who was born in Čalma, Serbia in 1912, one of six children. He recounts three Jewish families living there; his family history; moving to Zemun in 1920; working in a bank in Belgrade; military draft; marriage to a non-Jew in Pančevo in 1940; retreating through numerous towns, ending in an Italian-occupied area; returning home to be with his family; temporary exemption from anti-Jewish restrictions due to his non-Jewish wife; obtaining false papers with assistance from a non-Jew; working for Organisation Todt in Metovnica; saving two Romanies by obtaining false papers from his German employer; arrest in Bor in October 1943; a foiled escape attempt; interrogation and torture; escaping; reunion with his wife; detainment and interrogation by Chetniks; living in villages under Chetnik protection in fear of discovery as a Jew; joining the partisans in September 1944; participation in the liberation of Belgrade in October; Soviet military service; postwar re-employment by the bank; and divorce, remarriage, and his son's birth.
    Author/Creator
    B., Dragutin, 1912-
    Published
    Belgrade, Serbia : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1996
    Interview Date
    May 12, 1996.
    Locale
    Yugoslavia
    Serbia
    Čalma (Serbia)
    Zemun (Belgrade, Serbia)
    Belgrade (Serbia)
    Pančevo (Serbia)
    Metovnica (Serbia)
    Bor (Serbia)
    Cite As
    Dragutin B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3712). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Notes
    This testimony is in Serbian.

    Physical Details

    Copies
    3 copies: 1/2 in. master; Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 38 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Hiding.
    False papers.
    Partisans.
    Postwar experiences.
    Italian occupation.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4292150
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:44:00
    This page:
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