Milan K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3498
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Milan K., who was born in Požarevac, Yugoslavia, one of four children. He recalls cordial relations with Serbs; moving to Belgrade in 1923; marriage to a Serbian; traveling to Sarajevo, intending to emigrate; German invasion in 1941; his daughter's birth in June; returning to Belgrade; forced labor; a round-up from which 120 volunteers were solicited; learning the next day they were shot; two German soldiers giving him bread; a failed escape attempt; being allowed to join his wife in another city; a beating by Germans; escaping; joining the partisans; serving in Vrnjačka Banja, Kraljevo, and Sandžak; encountering Chetniks; joining the First Proletarian Brigade; battles at several sites including Jahorina Mountain and Neretva River; participating in Belgrade's liberation; reunion with his youngest sister; learning his other siblings had been murdered; and retiring from the military as a colonel in 1963.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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. This testimony cannot be used for commercial purposes.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • K., Milan.

Subjects

  • Mass killings.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Partisans.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Forced labor.
  • Interfaith marriage.
  • Escapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Yugoslavia.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Sandžak (Serbia and Montenegro : Region)
  • Jahorina Mountain.
  • Neretva River Valley (Bosnia and Hercegovina and Croatia)
  • Yugoslavia.
  • Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
  • Vrnjačka Banja (Serbia)
  • Kraljevo (Serbia : Opština)
  • Požarevac (Serbia)
  • Belgrade (Serbia)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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