Oral history interview with Flory Jagoda

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Oral history interview with Flory Jagoda

1995

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504836

Flory Jagoda, born on December 21, 1923 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Hercegovina), describes her family; spending much of her childhood in Vlasenica; moving to Zagreb when she was nine years old to live with her mother and stepfather; the beginning of the war in 1941 and being kicked out of school; going to Split with a Gentile identification to live with her father’s friend; the Italians sending her and 300 to 400 Jews to Korčula Island to start a new life; becoming a teacher on the island; living in the homes of the native Yugoslavians; getting on a boat to return to Italy to be with her mother in Bari, Italy; finding a job as a typist with the American Army; meeting Sergeant Harry Jagoda during her work with the army and marrying him on June 24, 1945; her memories of spending time with her grandmother and other family members before the war; losing some of her religious faith after the war; and following her husband back to the United States in 1945.

2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

eng, Latn

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Jagoda, Flory, 1923-2021

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Flory Jagoda was a Bosnian-born musician who brought the traditional ballads of her Sephardic ancestors and the melodies of the Ladino language to American audiences through performances and recordings. After surviving an internment camp during the Holocaust, Mrs. Jagoda married an American soldier, Harry Jagoda, and settled in Northern Virginia in the 1940s. She is best known for her original Hanukkah song, “Ocho Kandelikas” (“Eight Little Candles”)....