Fany K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Fany K., who was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia in 1922. Ms. K. recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; belonging to Zionist groups; their strong Yugoslav identities; German occupation; anti-Jewish restrictions; round-ups of Jews, including relatives, who were never heard from again; feeding and helping prisoners who were in Djakovo; being rounded-up by Ustas?a in July 1942; her father arranging her and her mother's escape (they never saw him again); joining relatives in Tuzla; moving to a village, posing as non-Jews; becoming a courier for the partisans; fleeing from German troops into forests; her mother's illness and hospitalization; her own illness due to the harsh winter; assistance from a partisan physician; visiting her mother (she never saw her again); illnesses including typhus and appendicitis; traveling from village to village, some controlled by Chetnik, some Ustas?a; surgery by a Ustas?a physican in Bjelina; hiding in a bunker; discovery by Nazis; a mass killing of those who could not walk; identifying herself as a "Volksdeutsche"; working for German officers; a former non-Jewish neighbor not exposing her; transfer to Zagreb, then Vienna; slave labor in Siebenhirten; Allied bombings destroying the camp; escaping to Vienna; liberation by Soviets troops; returning to Osijek via Subotica; futile efforts to reclaim family property; marriage in Zagreb; her son's birth in 1946 in a small town; moving to Sarajevo; and emigration to Israel in 1948. Ms. K. discusses their life in Israel; her and her son's illness resulting from the war; and visiting Yugoslavia in 1977.
Extent and Medium
6 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- K., Fany, -- 1922-
Corporate Bodies
- UstasĚa, hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija.
- Djakovo (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar effects.
- Mass killings.
- Bunkers.
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Women.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Yugoslavia.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Mutual aid.
- Hiding.
- Partisans.
- Forests.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Escapes.
- Forced labor.
Places
- Osijek (Croatia)
- Yugoslavia.
- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Subotica (Subotica, Serbia)
- Siebenhirten (Austria: Concentration camp)
- Bjelina (Croatia)
- Tuzla (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Vienna (Austria)
- Zagreb (Croatia)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat