Rebeka H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Rebeka H., who was born in Priština, Yugoslavia in 1927. She recalls speaking Ladino at home; Italian occupation (Albanians led by Italians)in 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; traveling to Berat with her parents in 1943 (her brothers were interned there); German invasion; fleeing to Shkodër, which was under Italian occupation; living with Christians until April 1944; returning to Priština with her father and mother; round-up of Jews by Albanians in German uniforms; imprisonment for a month outside of Belgrade under Ustaša administration; a non-Jewish prisoner warning her to leave if she could and providing her with food and a blanket; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; sharing a barrack with Greek Jews; forced labor in the kitchen and sorting shoes and clothing; her grandmother's and father's deaths; liberation by United States troops; her mother's death; recuperation; and returning to Yugoslavia in August 1945. Ms. H. discusses her brothers' experiences; health problems related to the war years; and losing her belief in God due to her experiences.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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Process Info
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Corporate Bodies
- Ustaša, hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija.
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- H., Rebeka, -- 1927-
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Women.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Faith.
- Postwar experiences.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Forced labor.
- Italian occupation.
- Child survivors.
- Postwar effects.
- Aid by non-Jews.
Places
- Berat (Albania)
- Shkodër (Albania)
- Yugoslavia.
- Priština (Serbia)
- Belgrade (Serbia)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat