Kroz vrtloge Drugog svjetskog rata: kazivanja i uspomene Omera Ćorića iz Piskavice
Through the swirls of the Second World War: the narratives and memories of Omer Coric from Piskavica
Author(s): Edin ŠakovićSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Izdavačka kuća »Monos« d.o.o
Keywords: Omer Coric; Piskavica; Gracanica; World War II; 13th SS Mountain Division; memory; saying;oral history;
Summary/Abstract: The paper describes the life of Omer Coric from the village Piskavica near Gracanica during World War II. The first two years of the war Omer spent working in Germany, as an unskilled worker at a mine. After returning home, he was recruited in the Armed Forces, where he gets reassigned to the Waffen-SS, or the 13th SS Division after 2.5 months. After training in France and Germany, he was set for the chef in the 2nd veterinary troop. He remained in the 13th SS division until the end of its war life, even becoming the American captive. He was in a prison camp in Italy for a while, and then returned to Yugoslavia, where he experiences several months’ forced labor. After the liberation, he comes to his home village, where he spent the rest of his life.
Journal: Gračanički glasnik - Časopis za kulturnu historiju
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 42
- Page Range: 47-58
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Bosnian