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Lea S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2202) interviewed by Jaša Almuli,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2202

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Lea S., who was born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. She recalls her large extended family; German invasion; anti-Jewish legislation; forced factory labor; hiding during a deportation; a guard letting her escape; briefly staying with a Jewish friend; meeting a non-Jew involved with the partisans who hid her, then arranged her transfer and provided false papers; traveling to Italian-occupied Mostar; assistance from the Jewish community; transfer to Hvar Island; benign conditions; transfer to Rab in May 1943; concentration camp conditions; organizing education for the children; forming a resistance group; abandonment by the Italian guards; joining a partisan unit; her assignment to a communications unit; becoming a code expert and officer; learning in 1946 that her family had all been killed; recuperating in Bled; and reunion with her fiancé.
Author/Creator: S., Lea.
Published: Belgrade, Serbia : Jewish Community in Belgrade, 1991
Interview Date: April 11, 1991.
Locale: Yugoslavia
Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Hvar Island (Croatia)
Bled (Slovenia)
Cite As: Lea S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2202). 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. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 1 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Concentration camps Underground movements.
False papers.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Partisans.
Postwar experiences.
Italian occupation.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Yugoslavia. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Yugoslavia. Forced labor. Escapes. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Oral histories (document genres) Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Hvar Island (Croatia) Bled (Slovenia) Yugoslavia. S., Lea.

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/4296610
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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