Your full name
Hana (Hanika – Bukica) Gasic (nee Montiljo) ______
Where were you born?
Sarajevo
When were you born?
July 26, 1940
What sort of work do/did you do?
Lawyer for the Ministry of Education
Your educational level?
Graduated from Law School
Were you raised Orthodox?
My family observed traditions
What is your mother tongue?
Serbo-Croatian
How many languages do you speak?
Ladino, English, French, Spanish, Hebrew ______
Where were you during the Holocaust?
In hiding in Sarajevo
Tell me about your brothers and sisters
Names
Rafo (Rafael) Montiljo (1943 - ). Since 1992 he has lived in Israel
Your spouse
Name?
Miroslav Gasic__
Jewish?
No
Occupation?
Technician at the Vinca Nuclear Institute___
Your children
Their names?
Dejan and Tamara Gasic
Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?
Yes
Occupations?
Students: Dejan in Belgrade and Tamara in Israel
How many grandchildren do you have?
None
His name?
Menahem (Miko) Montiljo
Where and when was he was born?
Sarajevo, November 9, 1910
When and where did he die?
Sarajevo April 25, 1981
What sort of work did he do?
Tailor
What sort of education did he have?
No information
Was he an orthodox Jew?
Traditional
Army service?
Royal Army of Yugoslavia, 1935-1938
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
8 brothers and 3 sisters:
David Montiljo: born 1892, died in 1938 in Sarajevo______
Isak Montiljo: born 1893, killed in 1941 in Jasenovac______
Jozef Montiljo: born 1896, died in Israel in 1970s. He hid in Sarajevo during the war and went to Israel in the first Yugoslav aliya in 1948. ______
Luna Montiljo: born 1900, killed in Djakovo in 1941______
Erna Montiljo: born 1902, killed in 1941 in Jasenovac______
Roza Papo (nee Montiljo): born 1904, killed in 1941 in Jasenovac______
Salamon Montiljo: born 1906, killed in 1941 in Jasenovac______
Leon Montiljo: born 1908, died in Israel in the 1970s. He was taken prisoner during the war and was in prison in Germany. He made aliya during first Yugoslav aliya in 1948.
Jakov Montiljo: born 1923, killed in 1941 in Jasenovac______
Nisim Montiljo: 1916, killed in 1941 in Jasenovac
Where was he during the Holocaust?
In hiding in Sarajevo
If he survived, what did he do after?
Tailor in Sarajevo
Your father’s father name?
Mose Montiljo
Where and when was he born?
Sarajevo, 1870
When and where did he die?
Sarajevo, 1941
What sort of work did he do?
Textile trader
What sort of education did he have?
Unknown, but he was literate
Was he an orthodox Jew?
Traditional _____
Army service?
No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
No information
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died before
Your father’s mother’s name?
Hana Montiljo (nee Elezar)
Where and when was she born?
Sarajevo, 1874
Where and when did she die?
Israel, 1970
What sort of work did she do?
Housewife
What sort of education did she have?
No information
Was she an orthodox Jew?
Traditional
Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
No information
Where was she during the Holocaust?
In hiding in Sarajevo
If he survived, what did she do after?
She left for Israel and lived with her sons there ______
Her name?
Flora Montiljo (nee Kohen)
Where and when was she was born?
Sarajevo, 1913
Where and when did she die?
Sarajevo, 1981 ______
What sort of work did she do?
Housewife
What sort of education did she have?
Secondary school for housewives
Was she an orthodox Jew?
Traditional
Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
Four sisters and one brother:
Brother – took over the family store, killed at the beginning of the war
Two sisters - killed during the war, probably at Djakovo
Ela - married a Catholic and they lived in Uzica, survived the war because of the non-Jewish husband
Rivka - married a Muslim and lived in Sarajevo, survived the war because of the non-Jewish husband
Where was she during the Holocaust?
In hiding in Sarajevo
If she survived, what did she do after?
Housewife in Sarajevo
Your mother’s father name?
Rafo Kohen
Where and when was he born?
Sarajevo, date unknown
Where and when did he die?
Sarajevo, 1942 (of natural causes)
What sort of work did he do?
Trader
What sort of education did he have?
No information
Was he an orthodox Jew?
Traditional
Army service?
No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
No information
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died before
Your mother’s mother’s name?
Klara Kohen (nee ?)
Where and when was she born?
Sarajevo, date unknown
Where and when did she die?
Sarajevo, 1926
What sort of work did she do?
Housewife
What sort of education did she have?
No information
Was she an orthodox Jew?
Traditional
Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
No information
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Died before