Roza Sober-Dragoje

Roza Sober-Dragoje is one of the Righteous Among the Nations.[1] [2][3]

Roza was born in about 1922 and came from a Christian family.[3]

She and Zekira Besrević rescued Gracija Kamhi (later Džamonja) and her uncle from their house where they were hiding when the Nazis took other members of their family away.[1] There was a proclamation in Bosnia allowing citizens to take over Jewish businesses, and Besrević took over a beauty parlor where Gracija Kamhi was an apprentice (her uncle owned it).[1][3] Roza Sober-Dragoje and Besrević became the parlor's managers, and there they hid Gracija Kamhi and her uncle until they could escape to Mostar, which was under Italian occupation.[3]

In May 2000 Roza Sober-Dragoje and Zekira Besrević were recognized as two of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://renecassin.org/downloads/final-righteous-muslim.pdf
  2. ↑ "Google Translate".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Roza Sober-Dragoje and Zekira Besrević - The Righteous Among The Nations - Yad Vashem".
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