Escape from Yugoslavia

Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0221 | RG Number: RG-02.134

Silvio Finci describes his family's experiences in Yugoslavia, specifically, the family's running away from a small village near Sarajevo to the city of Mostar; how they survived during the Nazi occupation; their escape to Italy; and how they immigrated to Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York and rebuilt their lives in the United States after 1941.

Date: creation: 1981
Language: English
Genre/Form: Personal narratives.
Extent: 1 folder

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Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
Geographic Name: United States--Emigration and immigration.
Yugoslavia--Emigration and immigration.
Personal Name: Finci, Silvio.
Corporate Name: Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Marlyn Ferguson donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Published materials protected under copyright.
: Record last modified: 2021-05-27 08:04:25
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