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Oral history interview with Allan Herskovich

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.560 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0560

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    Oral history interview with Allan Herskovich

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    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. Herskovich's childhood and family in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, where he was one of seven children. Mr. Herskovich describes playing table tennis competitively for Yugoslavia, and traveling to Germany in 1937 where he encountered the antisemitic laws of Nazi Germany. HMr. Herskovich discusses his plans to join the Yugoslavian military, the invasion of Zagreb by Germany which prevented this, and his flight from Yugoslavia. Mr. Herskovich details the various locations where he was incarcerated in Yugoslavia, including Split and the Island of Korcula, his release and move to Italy, his arrest and subsequent imprisonment in a concentration camp in Sicily. Mr. Herksovich describes the humane treatment he received from his Italian guards, and contrasts his experience with that of his sister and father who were transported to Auschwitz and perished there. Mr. Herskovich describes his liberation by American troops, acting as an interpretor for American forces, remaining in Italy for seven years, and his eventual immigration to the United States, first to Nebraska and then to San Francisco, where he settled, met his wife and had a family.
    Interviewee
    Allan Herskovich
    Interviewer
    Helen Lange
    Date
    interview:  1990 May 26
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Herskovich, Allan.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Allan Herskovich on May 26, 1990. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in February 2003.
    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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