Leon Kabiljo collection

Identifier: irn50058
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50058

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Leon Kabiljo in 1988.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two badges with a Croatian Z for Jew and two Sephardic siddurs relating to the experiences of Leon Kabiljo and his wife Shary while living, often in hiding, in occupied Yugoslavia and Italy during the Holocaust before their emigration to Fort Oswego, New York.

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Yellow metal badge with Croatian Z for Jew worn by a Sephardic Jew
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn396
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Yellow metal badge with a Z for Zidov, Jew in Croatian, worn by Leon Kabiljo beginning in May 1941 after Yugoslavia was invaded and partitioned by the German led Axis Alliance in April. Leon and his wife Shary, Sephardic Jews, married the day of the invasion. They lived in Travnik, which had become part of the Independent State of Croatia under the Fascist Ustasa who viciously persecuted Jews, Serbs, and Muslims. Three times, Leon escaped being taken for forced labor. In December 1941, he acquired false papers and fled to Italian occupied Yugoslavia, where Shary joined him. In September 194...
Yellow cardboard badge with Croatian Z for Jew worn by a Sephardic Jewish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514029
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Jewish paper identification badge with a Z for Zidov, Jew in Croatian, worn by Leon Kabiljo beginning in May 1941 after Yugoslavia was invaded and partitioned by the German led Axis Alliance in April. Leon and his wife Shary, Sephardic Jews, married the day of the invasion. They lived in Travnik, which had become part of the Independent State of Croatia under the Fascist Ustasa who viciously persecuted Jews, Serbs, and Muslims. Three times, Leon escaped being taken for forced labor. In December 1941, he acquired false papers and fled to Italian occupied Yugoslavia, where Shary joined him. I...
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521291
- English
- 1890
- Updated 9 months ago
Well used Sephardic siddur with a handwritten inscription for Hanukah kept with Leon Kabiljo, a Sephardic Jew from Zepce, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), while living in hiding from fall 1941- fall 1943. In April 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded and partitioned by the German led Axis Alliance. The same day, Leon wed Shary Montiljo. They lived in Travnik, which had become part of the Independent State of Croatia under the Fascist Ustasa who viciously persecuted Jews, Serbs, and Muslims. Three times, Leon escaped being taken for forced labor. In December 1941, he acquired false papers and fl...
Prayer book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521292
- English
- Updated 9 months ago
Heavily worn Sephardic siddurwith an inscription including a list of names kept with Leon and Sherry Kabiljo, a Sephardic Jewish couple from Zepce, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), while living in hiding. In April 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded and partitioned by the German led Axis Alliance. The same day, Leon wed Shary Montiljo. They lived in Travnik, which had become part of the Independent State of Croatia under the Fascist Ustasa who viciously persecuted Jews, Serbs, and Muslims. Three times, Leon escaped being taken for forced labor. In December 1941, he acquired false papers and fl...

Leon Kabiljo collection

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Yellow metal badge with Croatian Z for Jew worn by a Sephardic Jew

Yellow cardboard badge with Croatian Z for Jew worn by a Sephardic Jewish man

Prayer book

Prayer book