Cadik-Braca D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Cadik-Braca D., who was born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in 1923. He recounts moving to Belgrade in 1934; German invasion in 1941; living with an uncle in Tuzla with his parents and sister; the Ustas?a anti-Jewish laws; arrest with his father in February 1942 along with approximately 100 other men from Tuzla; transfer to Jasenovac; sadistic beatings and killings by the Ustas?a camp administration, particularly Tomislav Filipovic; his father's kitchen job providing them with extra food; witnessing a soldier killing an infant by smashing its head on the ground; volunteering with his father for transfer to Stara Gradis?ka; continuing to receive extra food from his father; constantly thinking of escaping; forced agricultural labor in villages (he never saw his father again); public execution of a captured escapee; contact with a Serb peasant who gave him food and told him about nearby partisans; escaping with seven others with help from local Serbs; joining the partisans; fighting in Slavonia; and being severely wounded. Mr. D. notes over 100 relatives were killed and that of the 100 men from Tuzla, he is the only survivor.
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes
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Process Info
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People
- Filipović, Tomislav, -- 1915-1945.
- D., Cadik-Braca, -- 1923-
Corporate Bodies
- Ustaša, hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija.
- Jasenovac (Concentration camp)
- Stara Gradiška (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Fathers and sons.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Yugoslavia.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Partisans.
- Forced labor.
- Escapes.
- Mutual aid.
Places
- Slavonia (Croatia)
- Tuzla (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Belgrade (Serbia)
- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
- Yugoslavia.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat