44 Months in Jasenovac eBook Egon Berger
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An eyewitness account of a prisoner in Jasenovac, a concentration camp in the former Yugoslavia during WW II. This book is an authorized translation of the original book that was written in Croatian in 1966. What follows was written by the original publisher.
There is no stronger or more reliable material than the one that is born from one’s own experience.
Eyewitnesses and direct participants provide us with not only the facts, but also that sublimely human spirit common to all happenings in which people participate. It doesn’t matter that this account is about the fear that the people of Jasenovac experienced, or about the deeds of their torturers.
For every one hundred thousand people in the Jasenovac camp during its horrifying four-year existence, there was only one—literally one—who survived. Those were the odds in the balance of life and death one hundred thousand dead and one alive.
And there is a witness, right in front of us, who found the strength to reminisce, to go back to the place of his torture, to break the psychological barriers, and to lead us step by step through his nightmare, through waves of terror that exceed every notion of horror. From the beginning of his time at Jasenovac to the end, Egon Berger was witness—and victim—to a rampage without limit. Of those who survived, he is the only one who told the story.
Berger does not bring us a literary masterpiece—he brings us only the experience, a story about forty-four months of his life in a camp, told simply. A story is enough—a story that calls images to mind and makes us tremble with the thought, “Are such things possible?” For myself and every person who had been to Jasenovac and lived, it is a miracle that we survived.
Yes, it is possible, it is real, and it is true.
A terror arose in front of us from the oblivion. It should not be forgotten. Share this record with future generations who will hopefully not know such terror.
Ivo Frol, 1966
44 Months in Jasenovac eBook Egon Berger
Holocaust survivor Egon Berger was one of only 80 people to survive out of over 750,000 people killed at Jasenovac, a WWII concentration camp in Croatia, from 1941 to 1945. Jasenovac was run by the Croatian Ustashe who were allied with the Nazis. Mr. Berger published his account in 1966 in Croatian. It was literally lost in translation for decades until his niece, Mrs. Ruth Bloch, had it translated into English. Mrs. Bloch was 4 years old when another uncle helped her and her parents escape on a fishing boat from wartime Croatia; she currently lives in Maryland according to the Baltimore Sun.Mr. Berger's book confirmed the savagery documented by Hitler's envoy in the region, Nazi General Edmund Glaise von Horstenau. Gen. Horstenau compared Jasenovac to the Hell of Dante's "Inferno". On February 21, 1942, Gen. Horstenau estimated that 300,000 were killed. By late 1944, he wrote that the "number of those with slit throats was three quarters of a million”. (Source : "Jasenovac and the Holocaust in Yugoslavia : Analyses and Survivor Testimonies Presented at the First International Conference and Exhibition on the Jasenovac Concentration Camps" Edited by Barry M. Lituchy.) Most victims were Serbs but also included a high percentage of Jews (80-90+ percent), Roma (Gypsy), and others who did not conform to the Ustashe's master race ideology.
"German massacres will enter the annals of history, but the Ustase surpassed them. While the Germans poisoned their victims, and then burned them, the Ustase tossed live humans into the fire." (Mr. Berger on Page 30)
My Dad was born in Markovac which is about 40 miles (62 kilometers) from Jasenovac. He escaped a Ustashe firing squad as a 11 year old boy in 1943. Our family lost 7 during WWII at the hands of the Ustashe including my paternal grandmother. She was burned to death in the family home as the Ustashe and Nazis made my Dad and the rest of the family watch in 1943. Those 7 souls are NOT included in the over 750,000 killed at Jasenovac. I visited Jasenovac in the summer of 1988 and will never forget it.
Mr. Berger had to bury his father, Leopold, in an open grave after Leopold's throat was slit. Other victims did not get a burial as "[v]ictims were often left lying on the ground because the killings were so massive that the detainee undertakers were not able to keep up." (Photo on Page 69) More victims were thrown into the Sava River.
Jasenovac continued to operate until April 1945 when Mr. Berger and his fellow prisoners made their brave "do or die" escape attempt. There were so few survivors as the prisoners were unarmed and only 80 of the final 600 prisoners survived. Mr. Berger's account is a necessary addition to the understanding of this little known chapter of the Holocaust.
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44 Months in Jasenovac eBook Egon Berger Reviews
Most sobering book on the holocaust I have read to date--totally chilling, but absorbing.
Just an awful tale of hell on earth! Torture, starvation and murder. Brutality beyond belief and comprehension. Inhuman people doing whatever they looked to starving people.
This book was educational and portrayed a part of WWII that I had not been aware of.
A short, but very important account of one of the few survivors of Jasenovac. The book includes lots of visuals as well. I definitely recommend the book for people trying to understand what the Jasenovac experience was.
I could not sit back, relax and read this book. Instead, I read it in small doses. The descriptions of daily life in the camp are so unnerving and horrendous I thought several times I should put the book away because I didn't think I had the constitution to finish it. Jasenovac was certainly hell on earth, run by the most sadistic despots, void of a single ounce of humanity.
The book is well written and the story needs to be told but be aware this is unlike any other Holocaust book I've ever read. Every single page is gruesome and heartbreaking.
I first learned about Jasenovac concentration camp from a work colleague who described the horrific events that took place there. I asked him if there were any English language books about the concentration camp and he recommended I read 44 Months in Jasenovac. A survivor of the horrific events at Jasenovac described in detail his life in the concentration camp. The book describes how harshly the Ustaše behaved that even the Nazis were horrified. What’s most horrifying to me is that the Ustaše preferred to batter their victims to death with clubs, axe handles, and sharp instruments. I don’t know how the author was able to survive the horror that was done to him and others but he did survive and told a powerful story. I recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the history of the former Yugoslavia, and wants to know why the various groups still hate each other. This book is five stars all the way.
So few books in English about Jasenovac... so few actual survivors of Jasenovac. I purchased this book in hopes of finding some tidbit of information about my grandfather or other family member. I didn’t see any mention of anyone at all, until the end. My stomach dropped when I read about the group who escaped from split to Italy- my father, his mother and her mother were on that boat. I hope one of the family members of Mr. Berger reads this and gets in touch... my first and last name as one word, at me dot com
As for the book- it’s hard, heart wrenching, to read. But we need to know. Please buy this book and force yourself to read it. It’s not exaggerated, it’s documented. It’s horrific. Yet most people know nothing about it. Read it. Please.
Holocaust survivor Egon Berger was one of only 80 people to survive out of over 750,000 people killed at Jasenovac, a WWII concentration camp in Croatia, from 1941 to 1945. Jasenovac was run by the Croatian Ustashe who were allied with the Nazis. Mr. Berger published his account in 1966 in Croatian. It was literally lost in translation for decades until his niece, Mrs. Ruth Bloch, had it translated into English. Mrs. Bloch was 4 years old when another uncle helped her and her parents escape on a fishing boat from wartime Croatia; she currently lives in Maryland according to the Baltimore Sun.
Mr. Berger's book confirmed the savagery documented by Hitler's envoy in the region, Nazi General Edmund Glaise von Horstenau. Gen. Horstenau compared Jasenovac to the Hell of Dante's "Inferno". On February 21, 1942, Gen. Horstenau estimated that 300,000 were killed. By late 1944, he wrote that the "number of those with slit throats was three quarters of a million”. (Source "Jasenovac and the Holocaust in Yugoslavia Analyses and Survivor Testimonies Presented at the First International Conference and Exhibition on the Jasenovac Concentration Camps" Edited by Barry M. Lituchy.) Most victims were Serbs but also included a high percentage of Jews (80-90+ percent), Roma (Gypsy), and others who did not conform to the Ustashe's master race ideology.
"German massacres will enter the annals of history, but the Ustase surpassed them. While the Germans poisoned their victims, and then burned them, the Ustase tossed live humans into the fire." (Mr. Berger on Page 30)
My Dad was born in Markovac which is about 40 miles (62 kilometers) from Jasenovac. He escaped a Ustashe firing squad as a 11 year old boy in 1943. Our family lost 7 during WWII at the hands of the Ustashe including my paternal grandmother. She was burned to death in the family home as the Ustashe and Nazis made my Dad and the rest of the family watch in 1943. Those 7 souls are NOT included in the over 750,000 killed at Jasenovac. I visited Jasenovac in the summer of 1988 and will never forget it.
Mr. Berger had to bury his father, Leopold, in an open grave after Leopold's throat was slit. Other victims did not get a burial as "[v]ictims were often left lying on the ground because the killings were so massive that the detainee undertakers were not able to keep up." (Photo on Page 69) More victims were thrown into the Sava River.
Jasenovac continued to operate until April 1945 when Mr. Berger and his fellow prisoners made their brave "do or die" escape attempt. There were so few survivors as the prisoners were unarmed and only 80 of the final 600 prisoners survived. Mr. Berger's account is a necessary addition to the understanding of this little known chapter of the Holocaust.
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