Geza B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Geza B., who was born in Vrbas, Serbia in 1912. He describes his religious family; their move to Senta when he was fifteen; antisemitic harassment by other children; moving to Zagreb; membership in Betar; being drafted; serving in Zagreb and Karlovac; German invasion of Yugoslavia; anti-Jewish measures; fleeing to Split in the Italian zone; internment by the Italians in Vallegrande (now Vela Luka) Island, then Lopud Island; marriage in Dubrovnik; his son's birth on Lopud; transfer to Rab concentration camp with his wife and son; Italian capitulation; disappearance of the guards; fleeing by boat to Vis Island with assistance from Yugoslav partisans; his second son's birth; their boat journey to Bari; emigrating to the United States in July 1944; incarceration in Fort Ontario refugee camp; losing his faith upon learning of the deaths of his parents, brother, sister-in-law, and their child; his wife's death; and difficulty raising his children and with subsequent marriages. Mr. B. discusses reluctantly sharing his experiences with his children.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony is open with permission.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- B., Geza, -- 1912-
Corporate Bodies
- Betar.
- Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter.
Subjects
- Italian occupation.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar experiences.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Faith.
- Draft -- Yugoslavia.
Places
- Karlovac (Karlovac, Croatia)
- Zagreb (Croatia)
- Vela Luka (Croatia)
- Split (Croatia)
- Dubrovnik (Croatia)
- Lopud Island (Croatia)
- Bari (Italy)
- Vis Island (Croatia)
- Serbia.
- Senta (Serbia)
- Vrbas (Serbia)
- Vallegrande (Croatia)
- Rab Island (Croatia : Concentration camp)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat