Dragutin B. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3712
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Dragutin B., who was born in Čalma, Serbia in 1912, one of six children. He recounts three Jewish families living there; his family history; moving to Zemun in 1920; working in a bank in Belgrade; military draft; marriage to a non-Jew in Pančevo in 1940; retreating through numerous towns, ending in an Italian-occupied area; returning home to be with his family; temporary exemption from anti-Jewish restrictions due to his non-Jewish wife; obtaining false papers with assistance from a non-Jew; working for Organisation Todt in Metovnica; saving two Romanies by obtaining false papers from his German employer; arrest in Bor in October 1943; a foiled escape attempt; interrogation and torture; escaping; reunion with his wife; detainment and interrogation by Chetniks; living in villages under Chetnik protection in fear of discovery as a Jew; joining the partisans in September 1944; participation in the liberation of Belgrade in October; Soviet military service; postwar re-employment by the bank; and divorce, remarriage, and his son's birth.

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

  • B., Dragutin, -- 1912-

Corporate Bodies

  • Organisation Todt (Germany)

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Yugoslav.
  • Italian occupation.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Partisans.
  • False papers.
  • Interfaith marriage.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Soviet.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Romanies -- Rescue.
  • Hiding.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Escapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Yugoslavia.

Places

  • Zemun (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • Čalma (Serbia)
  • Serbia.
  • Metovnica (Serbia)
  • Bor (Serbia)
  • Belgrade (Serbia)
  • Pančevo (Serbia)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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