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Author: Cadik I. Danon "Braco"
The original book title: Saseeno stablo Danonovih, Sean!e na
asenovac#$ur translation:
The Severed Trunk o% the Danons,
&e'ories o% asenovac#
Book title (the )nglish version*:
"The s'ell o% +u'an lesh
A Witness of the Holocaust
Memories of Jasenovac"
The %irst )nglish edition:
-ova, Belgrade, Dece'ber //
Translated b0: -ade1da $bradovi
2resented on this 3eb site 3ith strict and e45licit 5er'ission
o% the author &r. SadikDanon. Toda0, Se5te'ber 6, //7, &r.
Danon is still alive and 3ell. +e lives in
Belgrade.
Talet
8e continued to 3ork 9 tid0ing the central circle and kee5ing
uiet, 3ith bo3edheads. Suddenl0, the noise o% a lorr0;s engine 3as
heard. It 3as at the ver0 entrance o% the
ca'5. T3o od %ro' alldangers and evils. This rabbi in his dee5
%aith believed that it 3ould save hi' and his
5eo5le. $ne o% the o%%icers noticed the rabbi. +e ordered hi' to
get o%% the lorr0, 3hichthe rabbi did. 8hen he descended and
a55roached the
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'ove'ent he cut the rabbi;s neck. 8hen the rabbi %ell to the
ground, the voice o% the
ca'5;s co''ander, ?!ubo &ilos, 3as heard:
9 Turn round the lorr0 and take these e3s to >radina.The
lorr0 turned uickl0, 3ent through the gate and sto55ed at the Sava
bank,
3here the notorious ra%t 3as starting trans5orting 5eo5le to the
other 3orld.
The gate 3as ra5idl0 closed. Soon the o'inous noise o% the gear
3as heard driving thethick steel cable o% the ra%t in the direction
o% >radina.
A Death To Save ?i%e
I 3as sound aslee5 on the to5 third level bunk o% our cold and
%oul9s'elling e3ish
barracks -o. @,3hen the banging o% a door in the ad!acent
Serbian barracks -o. ,suddenl0 roused 'e. Slobodan, the grou5 chie%
o% that barracks could be heard shouting:
"+e %led that 3a0. Catch hi'" Then ca'e the sound o% running
%ootste5s s5lashing in
the 'ud and then the cr0: "+ere he is, he;s here" 999 The ne4t
%e3 'inutes o% silence
3ere broken b0 the sound o% heav0, blunt blo3s and 'oaning. This
3ent on %or so'eti'e and then %inall0 all 3as silent. uickl0, I
again %ell aslee5. At da3n, I 3as a3akened
b0 the loathso'e order: ">et u5 $n 0our %eet" I got u5 and
3ent outside. In %ront o% the
Serbian barracks, I sa3 '0 %riend &irko 3ho' I kne3 %ro' our
su''er holida0s in theisel!ak s5a. As I 3ent u5 to hi', I noticed
that he 3as 3hite as a sheet and dee5l0
de!ected.
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Instead o% gaining %reedo', the ha5less 5risoner 3as loaded onto
a truck 3ith other
cor5ses and taken to the co''on 5it.
or a long 3hile I re%lected u5on this incident and reali=ed that
the
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veered to one side 3here the 5lanks 3ere %urther a5art sli55ing
headlong into the 5it.
ranticall0, I called out "akitsa, akitsa" as he began sinking
into the 5it %ull o% slush. +e
tried to gras5 an edge o% the 5lank but his hand ke5t sli55ing
on the 3et board. As I triedto stretch out '0 hand to li%t hi' out
o% this 5iti%ul situation, I heard the co''anding
voice o% an
