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Oral history interview with Nedeljko Goga

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.504.1.31 | RG Number: RG-50.585.0031

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    Oral history interview with Nedeljko Goga

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Nedeljko Goga, born in 1937 in Kozara in the former Yugoslavia, describes the beginning of the war in Belgrade; moving to Vrbaska with his family; encounters with the Ustaše; taking refuge in the forest because of Ustaše attacks; his parents' work with the partisans; the fall of Kozara in 1942; atrocities committed by the Ustaše on the civilians of Vrbaska and Bistrica in 1942; hiding in the woods with his brother; his capture by German forces and transfer to the Ustaše; his imprisonment in the Stara Gradiska concentration camp; his transfer to Jasenovac; watching the liquidation of the adult prisoners in Jasenovac; the conditions of the camp, including frequent beatings and the presence of Jewish and Romani children; his transfer to Sisak concentration camp; conditions in Sisak concentration camp, including the cruel behavior of the nuns there; his mother rescuing him and his brother from Sisak; their return to Bosnia; his mother fighting with the partisans; remaining with an elderly woman for the remaining duration of the war; and his mother receiving a house in Indjija for her work with the partisans.
    Interviewee
    Nedeljko Goga
    Date
    interview:  2007 October 03
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Serbo-Croatian
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (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. Arson--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Concentration camp inmates. Guerrillas--Yugoslavia. Hiding places--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Holocaust survivors--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Yugoslavia. Jews--Persecutions--Croatia. Kozara, Battle of, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 1942. Massacres--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Rape as a weapon of war. Romanies--Crimes against. Romanies--Croatia. Starvation. Women guerrillas. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Bosnia and Hercegovina. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Bosnia and Hercegovina. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Croatia. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Bosnia and Hercegovina. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Yugoslav. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Bosnia and Hercegovina. Men--Personal narratives.
    Personal Name
    Goga, Nedeljko.

    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 09:04:29
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