Leon Kabiljo collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn396
• English
• overall: | Diameter: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
• Updated 8 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...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514029
• English
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
• Updated 8 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...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521291
• English
• 1890
• Updated 8 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...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521292
• English
• Updated 8 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...