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Zekira Besrević

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Zekira Besrević is one of the Righteous Among the Nations. Besrević was born in about 1921. She was a Muslim. She and Roza Sober-Dragoje, a Christian, rescued Gracija Kamhi (later Džamonja) and her uncle from their house where they were hiding when the Nazis took other members of their family away. There was a proclamation in Bosnia allowing citizens to take over Jewish businesses, and Besrević took over a beauty parlor where Gracija Kamhi was an apprentice (her uncle owned it). Besrević and Roza Sober-Dragoje became the parlor's managers, and there they hid Gracija Kamhi and her uncle until they could escape to Mostar, which was under Italian occupation. Besrević was Muslim.

In May 2000 Besrević and Roza Sober-Dragoje were recognized by Yad Vashem as two of the Righteous Among the Nations.

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