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Even though my family was more religious than the other Jews in our
community, I had no problem socializing with the other children. My
family's religious practices were never an issue for me as a young girl. In
all other respects my childhood was similar to that experienced by the
other Jewish children in Sombor at the time.
There was no Jewish school in Sombor, the closest was in Novi Sad, so I
attended the local schools. There were 3 or 4 other Jewish kids in my class
at school, but no Jewish teachers. The Jewish children were always among
the best students. In my grade, boys and girls were in the same class. Once
a week all the children in the school had religion lessons. Each minority
group had a teacher sent in to teach that group. All of the Jewish kids in
the school were together in one class for this lesson. We mainly studied
Bible stories and Hebrew. The law allowed us Jewish children to stay at
home on Jewish holidays. The Jewish children in my school went to school on
Saturdays but none of the Jewish kids went to school on the holidays.
community, I had no problem socializing with the other children. My
family's religious practices were never an issue for me as a young girl. In
all other respects my childhood was similar to that experienced by the
other Jewish children in Sombor at the time.
There was no Jewish school in Sombor, the closest was in Novi Sad, so I
attended the local schools. There were 3 or 4 other Jewish kids in my class
at school, but no Jewish teachers. The Jewish children were always among
the best students. In my grade, boys and girls were in the same class. Once
a week all the children in the school had religion lessons. Each minority
group had a teacher sent in to teach that group. All of the Jewish kids in
the school were together in one class for this lesson. We mainly studied
Bible stories and Hebrew. The law allowed us Jewish children to stay at
home on Jewish holidays. The Jewish children in my school went to school on
Saturdays but none of the Jewish kids went to school on the holidays.
Period
Location
Sombor
Serbia
Interview
Magdalena Berger