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Josif V. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2195) interviewed by Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2195

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Josif V., who was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia in approximately 1928. He recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; Hungarian occupation; his father's draft into a Hungarian slave labor battalion (he never saw him again); German invasion in March 1944; a round-up for a mass killing of both Jewish and Serbs by the Arrow Cross (Nyilas) which included him, his mother, and sisters; not being chosen; their release with others at the end of the day; their deportation to Subotica, Baja, then Auschwitz; separation from his mother and sisters (the oldest was selected for work); learning of the gassings; transfer to Buchenwald; slave labor in a quarry and synthetic gasoline factory; a French prisoner-doctor saving his life; evacuation to Theresienstadt in April 1945; liberation by Soviet troops in May; returning to Novi Sad; reunion with his sister; attending university; his position on the faculty of medicine; and participating in the Belgrade Jewish community. Mr. V. discusses suppressing his memories due to painful emotions; Germans in camps who provided extra food, one who faked beating him; and others who carried out orders without compunctions.
    Author/Creator
    V., Josif, 1928?-
    Published
    Belgrade, Serbia : Jewish Community in Belgrade, 1991
    Interview Date
    April 18, 1991.
    Locale
    Yugoslavia
    Novi Sad (Serbia)
    Baja (Hungary)
    Subotica (Subotica, Serbia)
    Cite As
    Josif V. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2195). 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 (41 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Hungarian occupation.
    Postwar experiences.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar effects.
    Mass killings.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4296604
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:32:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4296604

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