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Oral history interview with Žarko Vidović

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.504.1.20 | RG Number: RG-50.585.0020

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    Oral history interview with Žarko Vidović

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Žarko Vidović, born in 1921 in Tesenj in the former Yugoslavia, describes his education, including the different student organizations at his school in Zagreb; joining the Yugoslav Army; traveling to Novi Sad for training; suffering a defeat by the German army; leaving the army and traveling to Sarajevo; Ustase members destroying synagogues in Sarajevo; propaganda against the Jews, Roma, and Serbs; assisting Serbs hiding in the forest around Sarajevo; the deportation of Jews and Serbs; restrictions placed upon the Jewish and Serbian communities; creating anti-Hitler propaganda; helping Jews escape to the Partisans and Chetniks; watching a column of Serbs going through Sarajevo guarded by Ustase; the actions taken by German forces to calm the Serbian community; his multiple arrests and eventual deportation to Jasenovac concentration camp; his transfer by German soldiers to Staro Saimiste concentration camp to work; his transfer to Szczecin to work on a ship in terrible conditions; his transfer to Beyfjord and his work there; retaliation by German soldiers for the escape of two prisoners; his escape to Sweden with the assistance of a Norwegian man; remaining in Sweden until the end of the war; and returning to Yugoslavia.
    Interviewee
    Žarko Vidović
    Date
    interview:  2007 September 27
    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..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Topical Term
    World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Yugoslav. Anti-Jewish propaganda. Chetniks. Fascism--Croatia. Forced labor--Norway. Forced labor--Poland. Forced labor--Serbia. Guerrillas--Yugoslavia. Hiding places--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Holocaust survivors--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Yugoslavia. Jews--Persecutions--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Propaganda--Yugoslavia. Star of David badges. Synagogues--Destruction and pillage. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Serbia. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Yugoslavia. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Bosnia and Hercegovina. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Norway. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Bosnia and Hercegovina. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage. World War, 1939-1945--Underground Movements--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Men--Personal narratives.
    Personal Name
    Vidović, Žarko.

    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.
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:04:25
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