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Imra Colić 1888 - 1943 Edit

Born 29.8.1888 in Slobodnica
Died 16.10.1943 in Mauthausen

Biography

Imra Colić (29 August 1888, Slobodnica-16 October 1943, Mauthausen) was a bell ringer in a village of Slobodnica. In 1943, his bell ringing was confused by the German Army as an inside job to warn Yugoslav Partisans from the Nazi danger. He was taken and brought to Mauthausen concentration camp. Soon he died and his death certificate was delivered to his 15-year-old daughter Marija, who now became an orphan. Her mother died from tuberculosis when she was only twelve years old.

Imra Colić was not the only person from Slobodnica captured that same day. Ivo Kus, captured the same day, was able to escape Mauthausen and return to his village. His hands were scarred from the barb wire and he used to tell that they were letting angry dogs on them in the camp. He also remembered Imra from their days at the camp, and said that he used to chew “cigarspitz”, in the absence of tobacco.

Imra Colić was not lucky enough to escape and his life was ended in the Mauthausen, leaving his beloved daughter Marija behind him.

Marina Muškardin, great-granddaughter

 

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