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Portrait of a Jewish couple from Bitola, Macedonia in Zagreb on the eve of World War II.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 96853
Portrait of a Jewish couple from Bitola, Macedonia in Zagreb on the eve of World War II. Pictured are Mushon (b. October 13, 1870) and Rebeka (Albocher) Kamchi (b. April 14, 1879). Both perished.

Portrait of a Jewish couple from Bitola, Macedonia in Zagreb on the eve of World War II.

Pictured are Mushon (b. October 13, 1870) and Rebeka (Albocher) Kamchi (b. April 14, 1879). Both perished.

Date
1940 August 08
Locale
Zagreb, [Croatia] Yugoslavia
Variant Locale
Agram
Zagrab
Croatia
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Yugoslavia -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rebecca Camhi Fromer

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Biography
Isak Kamchi was the son of Mushon and Rebeka (Albocher) Kamchi. He was born in Bitola, Macedonia. Several of his siblings and cousins left Macedonia for Palestine and North America before the war. During World War II Isak served as the leader of a partisan unit operating in Croatia. He established a safehouse at his parent's home in Zagreb where partisans could rest and recuperate. His mother ran the safehouse, cooking for the men and nursing them back to health. When the Germans discovered the safehouse, they offered Isak protection in exchange for his surrender. However, when he did surrender, he was arrested and later killed. He may have been publicly hanged.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Rebecca Camhi Fromer
 
Record last modified: 2003-10-03 00:00:00
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