Escape from Yugoslavia memoir.

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Escape from Yugoslavia memoir.

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Written in 1980, the text describes the author and his family's experiences in Yugoslavia. In particular, it relates the family's running away from a small village near Sarajevo to the city of Mostar; how they survived during the Nazi occupation; their escape to Italy; and how they emigrated to a refugee camp in Oswego, New York and rebuilt their lives in the United States after 1941.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Ferguson, Marilyn

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Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter

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Between August 1944 and January 1946, close to one thousand refugees from war torn Europe were placed in a temporary internment camp at Fort Ontario (Oswego, N.Y.) to await the outcome of the Second World War. The majority of these refugees were Jewish and had recently been liberated from the atrocities of Naziism in Central Europe. From the description of War Refugees of Fort Ontario papers, 1944-1945. (SUNY Oswego). WorldCat record id: 30560909 ...

Finci, Silvio.

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Silvio Finci was born to a Jewish family in Yugoslavia. From the description of Escape from Yugoslavia memoir. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122455240 ...