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Oral history interview with Eili Ofner and Francis Ofner

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.115 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0115

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    Oral history interview with Eili Ofner and Francis Ofner

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Francis Ofner, born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), describes being raised by his grandparents in Schimanovski; his memories of World War I; his university studies in the 1930s; joining Zionist student organizations; studying law in Zagreb, Croatia; founding a revisionist group in Zagreb, which gave paramilitary training; developing the organization called Beitar all over Yugoslavia; the debate between Jabotinski and Weitzmann; Beitar's plans to kill Hermann Goering when he came to Zagreb, but he did not come; the head of the Joint, Spietzer, and how they bribed officials to give permits to refugees to go to Sabac, Serbia; establishing escape routes for refugees; his work in intelligence and his contact with Yugoslavian Intelligence; Germany entering Yugoslavia March 27, 1941; escaping with his wife to Budapest, Hungary, where he managed to get a visa to Turkey; the massacre of Jews and Serbs in Novi Sad; his meetings with Kalman Iure, Immanuel Springman, and Yoel Brand; their rescue work and illegal immigration activities in Turkey; being assigned to monitor radio transmissions; propaganda in occupied countries; and his various activities in Turkey during the war.
    Eilie Ofner, born in 1915, discusses her early life in a philanthropic Zionist family; her music studies; her life in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia after the German invasion and the massacre of Jews and Serbians in Novi Sad; meeting her husband and working to help refugees; Schimon Brod, a Turkish citizen and his help in rescue efforts; and the rescue of Romanian Jews.
    Interviewee
    Eili Ofner
    Interviewer
    Nathan Beyrak
    Date
    interview:  1992 March 01
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    8 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Corporate Name
    Betar Haganah (Organization)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Eili and Francis Ofner in Israel on March 1,1992, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:15:02
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