The Shoah (1939–1945)
Persecution and arrest of the Jews of Mostar
1941·Mostar
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The Mostar community benefits for a time from the Italian presence in Herzegovina, before being hunted down when the region comes back under German and Ustaša control.
Mostar, the capital of Herzegovina, had a modest but ancient Jewish community, augmented by refugees who had fled from Sarajevo and Croatia following the proclamation of the Ustasha State. The city was initially located within the zone where the Italian army exercised military control, which temporarily suspended deportations to the regime and made Herzegovina a relative refuge for fugitives. Many were nonetheless placed under house arrest or interned along the coast. When Italy capitulated and the region passed back under German and Ustasha control, the Jews of Mostar and those who had taken refuge there were arrested and deported.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Bosnie-Herzégovine
Jaša Romano, *Jevreji Jugoslavije* ; Menachem Shelah, *Un debito verso i deportati* ; Zvi Loker (dir.), *Pinkas Hakehillot Yugoslavia*, Yad Vashem.