Aleksandar D. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Aleksander D., an only child, who was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1923. He recalls his mother's death; his large, extended family; his father's positions as vice-president of the Belgrade Sephardic community and member of the city council (he was an attorney); German invasion in April 1941; he and his father traveling to Kotor, then Cetinje, thinking it safer under Italian occupation; assistance from his father's colleagues; his father's arrest on June 22; his release with assistance from a retired Yugoslav army officer; traveling to Budva; joining the Montenegro uprising against Italy; arrest; his father convincing the Italians to release them; obtaining a travel document for Bar; altering it to authorize their travel to Split; arrest; imprisonment in Cetinje; his father's death sentence; daily food deliveries from anti-fascists; his father's Italian colleague arranging his release (it was too late for his father) after two months; traveling to Split; staying with relatives; arrest in December; transfer to Koper, then Saint Vincent for "free confinement"; transfer in February 1943 to Ferramonti; educational, social, and religious activities; liberation by British troops in September; joining a partisan brigade in Bari; and fighting in Korc?ula and Drvar. Mr. D. discusses the loss of almost his entire extended family during the Holocaust; his diplomatic career; and chairing the memorial committee of the Belgrade Jewish community.

3 videocassettes