Your family tree
His
father
Jakov Buhur
Navon
? – 1940s
His mother
Her
Father
Her
Mother
Rahela
Navon
(nee Asael)
1870-1940s
Moshe Baruh
Bukica Baruh
(nee Simon)
? – 1944/45
? - 1939
Your Father
Your Mother
Gavriel Navon
1890-1951
Ester Navon
(nee Baruh)
1898-1984
Your brothers
and sisters
Rukula Ben Cion
(nee Navon)
You
Nisim Navon
1921
1925
Your Children
Gavriel Navon
1950s - 1954
Your Spouse
Ljubica Navon
(nee ?)
?-?
You and your family
What is your full name? Maiden name? Do you have a Hebrew name? Nickname?
Nisim Navon
Where were you born?
Pristina
_____
When were you born?
1921
What sort of work do/did you do?
Economist
_______________________________________
Your educational level? Which schools did you go to?
Graduated from the economics faculty of Belgrade University___________________
What kind of Jewish upbringing did you have? Religious? Non-religious?
Religious
___
What is your mother tongue?
Ladino
What other languages do you speak?
Serbian
What is your marital status? When and where did you marry?
Married
_____
Do you have siblings? What are their names? Hebrew names? Nicknames?
One sister, Rukula Ben Cion (nee Navon)
When and where were they born?
Pristina, 1921
Where do they live now?
Belgrade
Where were you during the Holocaust?
First in labor camp, then in prison first in Pristina, then in Tirana, then in Elbasan
(Albania), then in hiding on Mount St Geroge, in Albania _________
Your spouse
What is your spouse’s full name? Does s/he have a Hebrew name? Nickname?
Ljubica Navon (nee?)
Where was your spouse born and raised?
Nis
_
Is your spouse Jewish? If so what sort of religious upbringing did he have?
No
What does your spouse do?
Schoolteacher
Do you have children? What are their full names? Where do they live?
One who died in 1954 as a child
Your father
Your father’s full name? Does he have a Hebrew name? Nickname?
Gavriel Navon
Where and when was he born?
Pristina, 1890
When and where did he die? Where is he buried?
Pristina, 1951
What sort of work did he do?
Owner of a general store in Pristina_____________________________
_
What sort of education did he have?
Turkish gymnasium________________________________
__
What was his religious upbringing? Religious? Non-Religious?
Religious
_____
_
Did he serve in the military?
Serbian Army, WWI____________________________________
_
How many siblings did he have? What were their names? When and where were they
born and die?
Two brothers (Jeshua and Moshe) and three sisters (Bukica, Klara and Sinhula), all made
aliyah in 1948 and died in Israel
___________________________________________
Where was he during the Holocaust?
In a camp in Elbasan, Albania with his family and later hiding in the Albanian countryside
on Mt. St. George.
If he survived, what did he do after?
Returned to Pristina
Your father’s family
His father
What was your father’s father’s full name?
Jakov Buhur Navon
Where and when was he born?
No information
When and where did he die? Where is he buried?
Pristina, 1940s____________________________
What sort of work did he do?
No information
What sort of education did he have?
No information
What type of religious upbringing did he have? Religious? Non-religious?
Religious
____
Did he serve in the military?
No information
Did he have any siblings? What were their full names? Hebrew names? Nicknames?
Yes, but no information on them
Where was your father’s father during the Holocaust?
Put in prison in Pristina by the Nazis and he died there from the beatings________
__
His mother
What was your father’s mother’s full name? Maiden name? Hebrew name? Nickname?
Rahela Navon (nee Asael)
When and where was she born?
Leskovac, c. 1870
When and where did she die?
Pristina, 1940s
What work did she do?
Housewife
_
_
What sort of education did she have?
None
____
_
What sort of religious upbringing did she have? Religious? Non-religious?
Religious
___
Did she have any siblings? What were their full names? Hebrew names? Nicknames?
Yes, but no information on them
Where was your father’s mother during the Holocaust?
Died in a prison in Pristina
_
__
Your Mother
What was your mother’s full name? Maiden name? Hebrew name? Nickname?
Ester Navon (nee Baruh)_____
Where and when was she was born?
Pristina, 1898
Where and when did she die? Where is she buried?
Belgrade, 1984
What did she do?
Housewife
What sort of education did she have?
No information
What type of religious upbringing did she have? Religious? Non-religious?
Religious
How many siblings did she have? What were their names? When and where were they
born and die?
Haim Baruh: 1898, Pristina - 1972, Belgrade. Wife called Simona (nee Izrael), children
called Josef and Rahela
Isak Baruh: killed in Bergen Belsen.__________________________________
Avram Baruh: in Albania during war, then moved to Israel where he died in 1963
Sara Baruh: survived Bergen Belsen, then moved to Israel, where she died in 1967/57
Lea Baruh: in Albania during the war, then settled in Israel, where she died in 1990
Binuta Baruh: survived Bergen Belsen with her children, then moved to Israel. She was
very religious. She died in 1992/93.___________________________________
Vinezija Baruh: hid in Bulgaria during the war with her Bulgarian husband, then moved to
Israel._________________________________________
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Hiding in Albania with her family, first in an internment camp, then on Mount St geroge,
Albania.____________
If she survived, what did she do after?
She returned to Pristina and then moved with her children to Belgrade
Your Mother’s family
Her father
Your mother’s father’s full name? Did he have a Hebrew name? Nickname?
Moshe Baruh
Where and when was he born?
Pristina, date unknown
Where and when did he die? Where is he buried?
Pristina, 1939 ______________________
__
What sort of work did he do?
Merchant
What sort of education did he have?
No information
What type of religious upbringing did he have? Religious? Non-religious?
Religious
Did he serve in the military?
No information
How many siblings did he have? What were their names? When and where were they
born and die?
Yes, but no information on them
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died before
Her mother
What was your mother’s mother’s full name? Maiden name? Hebrew name? Nickname?
Bukica Baruh (nee Simon)
Where and when was she born?
Pristina, date unknown
Where and when did she die? Where is she buried?
Bergen Belsen, 1944/45
_____________________________________
What did she do?
Housewife
What sort of education did she have?
No information
What type of religious upbringing did she have? Religious? Non-religious?
Religious
Did she have any siblings? What were their full names? Hebrew names? Nicknames?
Yes but no information on them
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Died in concentration camp in Bergen Belsen