Nisim Kalef at a Purim celebration

This is my grandfather Nisim Kalef at a Purim celebration in Belgrade. He is the first on the left, holding a Napoleon doll in his hand. The others are probably his friends. I know very little of him because he died long before I was born. I don't even know what he did for a living. He was probably a merchant.

Photo taken in

Belgrade

Country name today

Serbia

Country name at time of photo

Serbia, pre 1918

Key Person

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Photos from this interviewee

Jakov Kalef

Postcard of the Home for Incurable Invalids in the Old City of Jerusalem

Back of Postcard of the Home for Incurable Invalids in Jerusalem

Jakov Kalef in front of his store

Nisim Kalef with his three sons

Back of photo of Nisim Kalef with his three sons

Vukica Kalef, Lenka Koen and Lenka Kalef

Lenka Koen and family

Back of the photo of Lenka Koen and family

Avram and Jakov Kalef and relatives

Lenka Kalef

Jewish refugees who hid in Matilda Cerge's house

Vukica Kalef and her son Mosa

Nisim and Matilda Kalef in Serbian dress

Matilda Kalef

Back of Matilda Kalef's photo

Lenka Koen

Jakov Kalef at his wedding

Stella and Benko Darsi's wedding portrait

Back of Stella and Benko Darsi's wedding portrait

Nisim and Matilda Kalef's wedding portrait

Salom and Ester Ruso on their 25th wedding anniversary

Jakov Kalef in the Jewish community building

Jakov Kalef

Jakov Kalef at Oplenac

Jakov Kalef in the Jewish community building

Purim Ball in the Jewish community

Matilda Cerge with her sister and maternal aunt Minka

Matilda Cerge's father Avram Kalef and maternal relatives in Slovenia

Matilda Cerge with her sister Breda Simonovic and mother Dona Kalef

Matilda Cerge and her sister Breda Simonovic with their grandmother Matilda Kalef

Family picture from Avram and Dona Kalef's wedding

Matilda Cerge and her mother's family

Matilda Cerge and her class from the Jewish kindergarten

Matilda Cerge in her gymnasium uniform

Matilda Cerge on vacation at the Vrnjacka Spa

Matilda Cerge as a small child

Matilda Cerge's class picture

Matilda Cerge's class photo

Matilda Cerge at a wedding

Regina Eskenazi dressed up for Purim

Regina and Isak Eskenazi's wedding portrait

Rahela Koen

Avram Kalef with workers from his store

Matilda Cerge and her family on vacation in Slovenia

Matilda Cerge and others with Father Andrej Tumpej

Matilda Cerge and her sister Breda Simonovic

Matilda Cerge's photo album cover

The back of Matilda Cerge's photo album

The inscription on Matilda Cerge's photo album

David Kalef in work overalls

Mile Kalef with a friend

Mosa Kalef

Mile Kalef

David and Mile Kalef with the woman who took care of them

Back side of photo of David and Mile Kalef

Rahela Koen and the women that took care of her

David Kalef in a Purim costume

Jakov and David Kalef

Matilda Cerge's relative Lenka Kalef

Lenka Koen

Back of photo of Lenka Koen

Benko and Stella Darsi

Back of photo of Benko and Stella Darsi

Josko Kalef, Regina Eskenazi and Elica Koen

Josko and Rasela Kalef

Avram Kalef and family

Avram and Vukica Kalef

Isak Koen in his army uniform

Avram Kalef and his family

Jakov Kalef and family members

Mosa Moric Kalef working in a pharmacy

Avram and Dona Kalef's wedding picture

Avram Kalef and Matilda Cerge

Avram, Dona and Matilda Kalef and friends

Back of photo of Avram, Dona and Matilda Kalef with friends

Matilda Kalef with relatives and acquaintances

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Matilda Kalef with relatives and friends

Back of photo of Matilda Kalef with relatives and friends

Nisim Kalef with his three sons

Back of photo of Nisim Kalef with his three sons

Avram Kalef's last photograph

Back of photo of Avram Kalef

Father Andrej Tumpej

Matilda Cerge's cat Kica

Matilda Cerge's family

Matilda Cerge's list of family plots in the Belgrade Jewish Cemetery

Matilda Cerge's Family List

Second page of Matilda Cerge's Family List

Matilda Cerge's great-grandmother Rahela Kalef

Back of Jakov and Lenka Kalef's wedding portrait

Back of Lenka Koen's portrait

Nisim Kalef at a Purim celebration

Back of photo of David Kalef in a Purim costume

Jakov Kalef with medal

Certificate of Honour given to Father Andrej Tumpej

Lenka Koen

Back of photo of Lenka Koen

Matilda Cerge's granduncle Jakov Kalef and friends

Back of photo of Jakov Kalef and friends

Avram Kalef as a young boy

Back of photo of Avram Kalef as a young boy

Lenka Koen and family

Back of photo of Lenka Koen and family

Laying the foundations for the synagogue on Cara Urosa Street, Belgrade

Mile Kalef

Back of picture of Mile Kalef

Jakov Kalef with his wife Lenka and son Mile

Jakov Kalef in Turkey

Back of photo of Jakov Kalef on donkey in Turkey

Jakov Kalef in Turkey in army uniform

Back of photo of Jakov Kalef in Turkey in army uniform

Jakov Kalef in Turkey wearing a fez

Back of photo of Jakov Kalef wearing a fez

Jakov Kalef and his sister Sara Kalef

Back of Jakov Kalef's picture in Serbian dress

Samika Kalef and his class

Back of Samika Kalef's class photo

Josko Kalef

Back of photo of Josko Kalef

Avram and Dona Kalef

Back of photo of Avram and Dona Kalef

Matilda Cerge as a baby

Jakov Kalef wearing a medal

Back of photo of Jakov Kalef wearing a medal

Jakov and Lenka Kalef in a boat

Back of photo of Jakov and Lenka Kalef in a boat

Matilda Cerge as a young child

Matilda Cerge with her parents and aunt from Slovenia

Josko Kalef

Back of photo of Josko Kalef

Matilda Kalef with a tourist group in front of the Acropolis

David Kalef

Back of photo of David Kalef

Matilda Cerge's birth certificate

Back of Matilda Cerge's birth certificate

Mile Kalef in costume

Back of photo of Mile Kalef in costume

Matilda Cerge's relative Avram Kalef

Back of photo of Avram Kalef

Mile Kalef in his army uniform

Back of photo of Mile Kalef in army uniform

David Kalef's fourth grade picture

Maks Almozlino and family

Back of Photos with the Almozlino family

Regina Eskenazi and her family

Back of photo of Regina Eskenazi and family

Onton and Matilda Cerge's wedding picture

Breda Simonovic in a guest performance with the Israeli Opera Company

Grave of Sara Kalef

Sara Kalef's tombstone

Grave of Nisim A. Kalef

Grave of Rakila M. Kalef

Mose A. Kalef's grave

Monument to the Fallen Jewish Soldiers, 1912-1918

Mose A. Kalef listed on the Monument of Fallen Soldiers in the Belgrade cemetery

The street where Matilda Cerge grew up

Gospodar Jovanova Street sign

Matilda Cerge's apartment builing

Jakov Kalef's family house

Matilda Cerge's childhood home

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