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Oral history interview with Zdenko John Bergl

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.382 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0499

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    Oral history interview with Zdenko John Bergl

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    Interview Summary
    Zdenko John Bergl, born in 1929 in Sveti Ivan Zabno, Croatia, discusses his childhood; antisemitism in his hometown; sheltering Austrian Jewish refugees after the Anschluss; boycotting German-made goods in protest of Hitler; the confiscation of his family's property after the German occupation of Croatia; his father's forced labor in his own vineyards; his father's rescue from deportation by an aunt who had connections with authorities; hiding in the Italian-occupied zone of Yugoslavia; celebrating his Bar Mitzvah in hiding; his family's flight to Italy; their confinement in the town of Modena, Italy; obtaining false identification papers under the name "Luigi Bianchi"; hiding in Florence, Italy after the German occupation of Italy; his liberation by the American military; life in the Cinecittà displaced persons camp and meeting his future wife there; forming a Jewish youth group in Cinecittà; dealing on the black market in Cinecittà; his thoughts and feelings about Mussolini and Italy during World War II; his family's decision not to return to Croatia but to immigrate to the United States instead; and joining the American military.
    Interviewee
    Zdenko Bergl
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2005 September 14
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    6 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Zdenko John Bergl on September 14, 2005. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in October 2005.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Carole and Maurice Berk.
    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 08:03:13
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