us-005578-irn512922-irn512923
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archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Teodora (Dorica) Rachela Basch (later Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman, b. 1938) was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), to Silva (nee Deutsch, 1912-1942) and Salamon (Shlomo, 1907-1945) Basch. Silva was born to Josef Leopold (1871-1942) and Katarina (1872-1942) Deutsch, and had three siblings: Giza (1895-1943), Blanka (1905-1942), and Erne (1910-?). Salamon’s parents, Jakob (1879-1932) and Charlotta (1875-1942), immigrated to Zagreb from Bosnia. Salamon had several siblings, including Lina, Josef (1910-?), Arnold (1913-1945), and Bernard (Dov, 1915-?). Silva’s father was a rabbi for the town of Ludbreg. During the holidays, he hosted Salamon, who was working as a traveling cantor. Silva and Salamon married in 1936, and settled in Zagreb. They lived in an apartment near Salamon’s brush-making workshop, which employed about a dozen people. Silva had been an elementary school teacher, but she became a stay-at-home mother to raise Dorica and her younger brother, Zdravko (1941-1946). On March 25, 1941, Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers, which deeply divided the Yugoslav government. After a military coup, the country’s leadership denounced the Axis, prompting Germany to invade on April 6, 1941. The country was partitioned and Croatia became an independent state under the rule of the pro-Nazi, fascist Ustaša party, whose regime created a state of chaos and terror. Around that time, Dorica was visiting her maternal grandparents in Ludbreg. Leopold and Katarina lived in a house attached to the synagogue, and were at the center of the Jewish community that was largely integrated with the gentile population. Dorica spent a lot of time with her cousins, Zdenka and Vera, and their parents, Blanka and Rudi Apler, who owned a large fabric store in Ludbreg. She also became close with her aunt Giza, who had married Ljudevit Vrancic (1885-1970), a Catholic and the unofficial mayor of Ludbreg. Dorica had no real understanding of the beginning of the war. Although she did not expe…
has beginning date: 1924-01-01
has end date: 1959-12-31
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has or had some members with language: hrv
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identifier: irn512923
is or was included in: us-005578-irn512922
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman photographs are arranged in a single series.
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scope and content: The Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman photographs consist of photographs of the Apler family, the Deutsch family, and the Basch families in Yugslavia, dating from 1924-1959. The photographs include candid and group photographs of various family members as well as Jewish children in hiding.
title: Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman photographs