Rahela A. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Rahela A., who was born in Bijeljina, Yugoslavia in 1927. She describes cordial relations within the multi-ethnic town; statehood for Croatia under the pro-Nazi Ustaša; anti-Jewish restrictions; her father's deportation to Jasenovac in August 1942 (he was killed); confiscation of their property; assistance from Serb peasants; a non-Jewish friend warning them of a round-up (he was recently honored by Yad Vashem); hiding with her siblings, mother, and aunt in a Hungarian neighbor's house; their move to Zagoni in partisan-controlled territory; membership in SKOJ; returning to Bijeljina after its partisan liberation; retreating with the partisans during winter 1943-1944 German offensive; encountering her mother in Tuzla immediately after its liberation; retreating to the Romanija mountains during winter 1944-1945; fighting retreating Germans and Chetniks; liberating Sarajevo in April 1945; assignment to the Sixth Yugoslav Army; marriage to a partisan; her son's birth; and her divorce. She discusses the deaths of many relatives, including her sister and brother; living in Belgrade and Sarajevo; and working in the Yugoslav diplomatic corps until her retirement in 1982.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- A., Rahela, -- 1927-
Corporate Bodies
- Ustaša, hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija.
- Savez komunističke omladine Jugoslavije.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Yugoslavia.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Yugoslav.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Child survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Hiding.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Yugoslavia.
- Bijeljina (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Zagoni (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Tuzla (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Romanija (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Belgrade (Serbia)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat