Binyamin Abinun

2004-12-28T22:42:00.000-08:00

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Family Name: ABINUN
First Name: BINYAMIN
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Birth Date: 1936
Town In Holocaust: Sarayebo
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Town: Kfar Saba
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Sarajevo

2004-12-16T01:15:00.000-08:00

History

After World War I Sarajevo became part of the kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Though it held some political importance, as the center of first the Bosnian region and then the Drinska Banovina, it was not treated with the same attention or considered as significant as it was in the past. Outside of today's national bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, virtually no significant contributions to the city were made during this period.

Jews of Sarejevo
Many of the Jews of Sarajevo are direct descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. Among themselves they sometimes speak Ladino rather than the more familiar eastern European Yiddish.
Only 20 percent of Bosnia's Jewish population survived the Nazis, Ustashe, and Chetniks during World War II. One of the greatest Jewish treasures in the world, the Sarajevo Hagaddah, was created in Barcelona in the 14th century and brought to Sarajevo in the 15th century.

During World War II

Throughout the war, the Jewish Community maintained relatively good relations with both Muslims and Serbs and was therefore able to move people and aid in and out of the city much easier than most other groups

However, the tradition of mutual respect among the city’s religious and ethnic groups was shattered during World War II, when Fascist allies of the Nazis attacked Sarajevo’s Jews and presided over the destruction of the community.

Following a German bombing campaign, Sarajevo was conquered by the Ustase Croatian Fascist the Kingdom of Yugoslavia put up a very inadequate defense. Following a German bombing campaign, Sarajevo was conquered.

The Jews were taken at this time and killed in the Holocaust bringing a sad end to the prominence of Sarajevo's Jewish community. In 1941 the atrocities committed by the Ustase were strongly condemned by groups of Sarajevo's citizens.

Following the liberation, Sarajevo was the capital of the republic of Bosnia within the Socialist Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia The communists invested heavily in Sarajevo, building many new residential blocks in Novi Grad Municipality and Novo Sarajevo Municipality , while simultaneously developing the city's industry and transforming Sarajevo once again into one of the Balkans' chief cities. From a post-war population of 115,000, by the end of Yugoslavia Sarajevo had 429,672 people.

The crowning moment of Sarajevo’s time in Socialist Yugoslavia was the 1984 Winter Olympics . They are widely regarded as among the most successful winter Olympic Games in history. They were followed by an immense boom in tourism , making the 1980's one of the city's best decades in a long time.

Climate

Except for the south west which is affected from the Mediterranean climate, the country has cold winter and a lot of snow. Rain falls through al the seasons.
Average Temp. – 19-24 deg. In august And -4 - -1 deg. In January .

To see the location on the map
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For pictures of the town:

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