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Oral history interview with Gojko S. Lovrić

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.504.2.48 | RG Number: RG-50.586.0048

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    Oral history interview with Gojko S. Lovrić

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    Interview Summary
    Gojko Lovric, born May 29, 1934 in Klekovci near Kozarska Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, discusses Ustaša arriving to his village in 1942; hearing gunshots and seeing his father and uncle’s bodies by the river; walking to Cerovljani camp and seeing others forced into a church later set on fire; hearing Ustaša raping a girl at camp; his deportation to Jasenovac and witnessing a guard shooting a woman looking for water; witnessing the death of his brother; his relocation to Pakrac, Slavonja and eventually returning to Dubica to find his house destroyed; his escape to Gunjevci village for safety; surviving a fire and a gun shooting and escaping to Prijedor and working on a farm; living in an orphan house until the end of the war; and seeing unidentifiable bodies in the Una River after the war.
    Interviewee
    Lovrić, Gojko Spasoie
    Date
    interview:  2007 October 01
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Serbo-Croatian
    Extent
    1 videocassette (DVCAM) : sound, color ; 1/4 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Lovrić, Gojko S.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:05:01
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