Escape from Yugoslavia

Identifier
irn504155
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0221
  • RG-02.134
Dates
1 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1981
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504155

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Marlyn Ferguson donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.

Scope and Content

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.

People

  • Finci, Silvio.

Corporate Bodies

  • Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter (U.S.)

Subjects

  • Yugoslavia--Emigration and immigration.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.