Daniella: Addendum to Life in Novi Sad, October 17
One of the things I wanted to do on this trip was to look at the Jewish community births and deaths registry to find information about my family. For generations, Jews in Novi Sad registered births in the community registry. Although this is no longer done, I found some information in the archives stored on CDs together with other community documents. It turns out that while my maternal grandmother and her 7 siblings lived in the city, most of the members of the family I know of were born somewhere else.
It was an emotional moment when I found my mother’s registration, as well as that of her sister’s, who was born 6 years after her. The registration gave date of birth, their given name, their Jewish name, parents’ Jewish and non Jewish name, and parents’ place of birth. My father’s parents did not register him with the Jewish community. Too bad, because I don’t know my paternal grandmother’s Jewish name. Also, not many of my family members died and were buried in Novi Sad. Only one is buried in the cemetery, my paternal great grandmother, and my maternal great grandmother is mentioned on the monument erected to commemorate those who were shot and thrown into the Danube in 1943. Others perished in concentration camps or moved away.
