Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Awarded for service in partisian war and for military actions in Tito's army.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Jewish Community of Giessen
- Contributor
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Subject:
Jakob Altaras
- Biography
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Jakob Altaras (1918-2001) was born in Split, Croatia and was the youngest of six sons of Leon Altaras. His medical studies in Zagreb were interrupted by the war, and he joined the Partisan resistance movement in Croatia. He saved Torah portions and other sacred objects from the Split Synagogue when it was set on fire; he smuggled a group of 33 Jewish children from Croatia to safety in Villa Emma near Modena, Italy; he illegally entered the Rab (Arbe) concentration camp to smuggled out photographs which were later used by the Commission for War Crimes in Yugoslavia; and he served as a surgeon in hospitals for Jewish partisans in Bari, Italy. After the war, he completed his medical studies and practiced and taught medicine in Zagreb. Altaras was politically persecuted and forced to leave Croatia in 1964 when he began investigating the 1945 death of his brother Silvio Altaras at the hands of the communist regime of Yugoslavia. He worked in Zurich, Switzerland for two years before settling in Giessen, Germany, where he served as the president of the Jewish Community of Giessen.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Awards
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, Slovenian (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Depth: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Jewish Community in Giessen.
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- 2023-08-31 14:19:35
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