Shows / Överlevarna
Överlevarna
One podcast - four themes: survivors of the Holocaust, the Palestinian Nakba, the second generation and Jewish Högalid. The podcast’s various projects have been funded by, among others Statens Kulturråd, Saléns stiftelse, Palmefonden, Victoria AB, Kungl. Patriotiska Sällskapet, Helge Ax:son Johnson Stiftelse, Annika och Gabriel Urwitz’ Stiftelse, Samfundet S:t Erik, Lind & Co, Ordfront and private donors.
Episodes
ÖverlevarnaNakba #50 - Hassan Muhammad al-Ja‘abari
1941 “On the eastern side, up toward the mountain, we had planted olive trees and almond trees. On the western side, close to the coast, we grew wheat, corn…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #49 - Nabil Sa‘id al-Kurd
“In 1954, UNRWA reached an agreement with Jordan, which at the time governed East al-Quds, to build 28 houses in Sheikh Jarrah. We were one of the families who…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #48 - Muhammad Musa Abu Lial
1945 “I grew up in the Romayma neighborhood. My father traveled a lot on business, among other places to Jaffa and Jordan. Jews, Christians, and Muslims lived…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #47 - Claudette Habesh
1948 ”Vi hade ett mycket bra liv i Talbiya, i al-Quds. Min far var affärsman i tryckeribranschen. Familjens verksamhet gick tillbaka till 1920-talet. Vi hade…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #46 - Jamil Jalal ‘Aql
1936 “There were about 2,500 people living in my village. In 1936, the same year I was born, a general strike took place. It lasted for half a year. It was the…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #45 - Widad Kawar
1937 The family settled in Bayt Lahm. I started at a new boarding school, this time in Ramallah. It was run by the Quakers, and I felt very much at home there…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #44 - Nada ‘Ubayd
1949 “A voice over a loudspeaker announced that we were forced to leave al-Tayyibah, but that we would be allowed to return after a couple of days. I lost my…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #43 - Abd al-Mannan Hassan Shbayta
1945 “My father died when I was three. I remember two things about him; I remember riding behind him on the donkey. And I remember him lying dead on a…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #42 - Safia Hassan Shbayta
1930 “We owned 20 hectares of land and lived a good life. My father had six employees working in the fields. We grew cucumbers, tomatoes, wheat, corn, and…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #41 - Lubna Alian al-Hissi
”My parents lived in Hiribya. Two of my paternal uncles took part in the resistance when the Israelis attacked in 1948. One of my uncles was surrounded by…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #40 - Mahmud al-Hissi
“We lived in a house in al-Hilwa in Jaffa, next to the Jabaliya Mosque. Jaffa was largely Arab, but we also had some neighbors who were Palestinian Jews. My…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #39 - Hilwa Iskander
1936 “At the beginning of the Arab uprising against the British, my father was shot in the back. A couple of years later, the British killed my uncle.” 1938…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #38 - Munhir Fahoum
1934 “I was born in Irbid, in al-Urdunn, but my family comes from al-Nasira. We have lived there for 300 years. I was a wild child. When my father had guests…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #37 - Amin Awayda
1948 “After the massacre in Dayr Yasin, which was a suburb of al-Quds, we were forced to flee. Most people were afraid of suffering the same fate. But my…
ÖverlevarnaDet judiska Högalid #25 - Mattias Sackrén
- Min pappa Jerry föddes 1939. När han var sex månader övergav farfar familjen. De sågs aldrig igen, säger Mattias Sackrén. - Pappa kom att jobba med reklam…
ÖverlevarnaDet judiska Högalid #24 - Mirjam Ettlinger Frajnd
- Min pappa var född i Sverige och vi bodde på eleganta Östermalm. När jag kom till judiska lekskolan så minns jag att de här föräldrarna såg annorlunda ut…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #36 - Nabiha Hammad Abu Jamus
1945 “My mother milked the sheep and sold the milk in ‘Akka. Just a few days after she had given birth, she started working again. Our house was always full of…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #35 - Muhammad Abu Hashem
1946 “There were some Jews living in my village, and we were friends with them. In Akka there were more Jews. If I got sick, I used to go to a Jewish doctor in…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #34 - Ismail Yakub al-Sayfi
1948 “The Egyptian army was supposed to defend the village, but when the Jews attacked at night, the Egyptians abandoned us. My mother, my older brother, and I…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #33 -Maryam al-Sayfi
1945 “Behind our house there was a large fig tree. I used to play in the shade beneath it. Behind the house there was also a cave. My mother and grandmother…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #32 - Ziyad Hamid Maziyad
1936 “My paternal uncle was 16 years old when he was killed by Jewish guards on horseback. They struck him on the head and he died the following day. My…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #31 - Kamil al-Shaykh Qasim
1946 "We were farmers and grew wheat, olives, fruit and tobacco. Our tobacco was well-known, it was on a level with the Greek. We had different names for each…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #30 - Ali Saadi
1948 "The Zionists killed my maternal uncle, Ahmed Shaban, and three others. They were shot in front of all the villagers. My uncle, who was perhaps 30 years…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #29 - Fayiz ‘Auda
1946 ”My father owned a lot of land where he grew wheat and tobacco. He sold the tobacco to a company in ‘Akka. We had sheep, goats, camels, and cows. My…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #28 - Amna Aydi
1947 “Lubya was a large village. The land stretched all the way down toward Ṭabariyya. We were farmers and grew olives, figs, and grapes. Some of my brothers…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #27 - Fatima Abu Sultan
1948 “When the Zionists attacked the villages around Hamama, people fled to our village. Then our village was attacked as well. The attack came from the main…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #26 - Assad Ammya
“We lived in a small house on Mount Carmel. It was a mixed area with Muslims and Jews. My father worked at a cigarette factory and also sold olive oil. My…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #25 - Abdullah Taleb El Salhane
“My father was a farmer. He grew, among other things, potatoes and tomatoes. I used to tend his sheep.” - What do you remember of your home village? “Your…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #24 - Safia Mohammad Alawis
1947 “Near us was the Jewish village of Nesher. They visited our olive groves and we visited their homes. We were almost like siblings.”
ÖverlevarnaNakba #23 - Khalid Jameel Saed Mosmar
1948 “Men, women, children, and the elderly arrived in Nablus by truck. They had been expelled from villages and towns in the surrounding area. The refugees…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #22 - Mahmud Khalil ‘Abdallatif
1946 “I grew up in Akka. We had a shop where my father sold timber. I was part of a scout band that played music in the streets. When we passed by my father’s…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #21- Hisen Farea al-Sabour
1936 “I don’t know exactly what year I was born. We didn’t use dates or years. We were illiterate. We used to say that someone was born the same year someone…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #20 - Lee Mahmud Musa
1943 “My father was a simple man who worked in all kinds of construction jobs. He was the kindest person in the world. Every time my mother chased us, he…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #19 - Kazim al Zu‘ubi
1943 “Palestinian Jews and Arabs lived side by side, like one family. Arabs married Jews and Jews married Arabs. They were our friends, our relatives—we…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #18- Fatima Abdurahman Steti
1944 “My father had a fairly large shoe shop in Haifa. We also owned real estate. We were very well off financially. As a child, I never noticed any tension…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #17 - Hayat Dawud Muhammad al-Qawasmi
1941 “The house I grew up in was located on one of Jerusalem’s main streets. The façade was white and the door was blue. When you entered the house, you went…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #16 - Fayza Abed Bayrakji
1946 “My father owned a lot of land where he grew grapes, figs, olives, and other crops. We also had livestock. Many people worked for us during the harvest…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #15 - Sara Aydi
1937 “I was an only child. My father died when I was four years old. My mother remarried his cousin. They had four more children.” 1947 “I got married when I…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #14 - Fawzeeyya Mustafa
1948 “Before I had turned seven, we finally got a school in our village. My father wanted me to receive an education. I, along with eight other girls, started…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #14 - Dunia Hameed
“I always slept next to my grandmother. I used to lie there hugging her. One evening, I woke up to gunfire and bombing. There were only children and women in…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #12 - Mofid al Sadek
1948 — When was the first time you met a Jew? “It was when they bombed our village and we were forced to flee with only the clothes we were wearing. Everything…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #11 - Ghalia Thahir Al-Harbishi
- When were you born? 'How can I remember when my mother gave birth to me? I am 95 years old. As a child, I had a carefree life. We used to collect wood so…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #10 - Mohamad Zarra
1946 ”As a boy, I remember the beach in Tantura. I was five or six years old. The sand was soft, clean, and white. The water was shallow far out. The coast…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #9 - Abdallah Shahada
1946 “When I was four, I used to go with my mother to the stream. There we filled our buckets with water. I remember sitting under a tree eating figs. I was…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #8 - Adnan Abu Odeh
1933 “My father worked in the soap industry. The olive oil season runs from November to March. Father used to work for four months. Then he would rest until…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #7 - Rashid al-Haje
“For many years I wished that just once I could return to Palestine—for a single hour—and then I could die. But as a refugee, that was impossible. When I…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #6 - Mousa Ghourab
”My father was a technician and welder; at first he ran a café by the sea. From 1963 to 1988 I had no contact with my parents. They thought I had died. It was…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #5 - Fatima Yanes
“I was born in Bayt Dajan, a village near Jaffa. In 1936, during the Arab Revolt, the British and the Jews began terrorizing our village at night. They were…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #3 - Akram Muhammad ‘Abdalrazzaq ‘Ayyash
“Falastin is like the blood in my body. Haifa is like the air I breathe. They live within me”,
ÖverlevarnaNakba #2 - Mohammed Hourani
”The jews started shooting. My dad took us to a cave in southern Safad. In the Jewish quarters there was a high building. They were shooting with a single shot…
ÖverlevarnaNakba #1 - Amena Hassan
Is there anything you’re wondering about before we begin?” “Where are my four boys?” (points to four photographs on the wall). “Aziz was 30 years old when he…
ÖverlevarnaDet judiska Högalid #23 - Sylvia Kalischer
- Pappa överlevde Auschwitz, men fick TBC. De opererade bort halva ena lungan och några revben, som han sparade i garderoben. Det var äckligt, säger Sylvia…
ÖverlevarnaÖverlevarna #119 del 2- Lasse Dencik
Betraktar du dg som överlevare? - Jag föddes 1941 och hade under andra omständigheter kunnat ha mördats, som många i min familj. På det sätter är jag nog en…
ÖverlevarnaÖverlevarna #119 del 1 - Lasse Dencik
- En gång bjöd mamma de svenska grannarna på ett kaffekalas. Hon bakade centraleuropeiska kakor, fyllda med vallmo. Men det blev ett väldigt fiasko. Hennes…
ÖverlevarnaDet judiska Högalid #22 - Lennart Mankowitz
- 1957 blev det skilsmässa. Min mor och jag och bror Paul, kallas Palle, flyttade till Långholmsgatan 24. Min mor gick bort alldeles för ung, jag var bara 17…
ÖverlevarnaDet judiska Högalid #21 - Gun Lieberman
- Jag tror inte mamma kände sig helt accepterad av pappas judiska familj. Min farmor och mina fastrar tyckte att mamma var lite fin av sig. Kommentaren var att…
ÖverlevarnaDet judiska Högalid #20 - Willmar Sauter
- Jiddischteater är en motståndshandling. Den berättar att vi är här, vi har en historia och en framtid, säger Willmar Sauter.
ÖverlevarnaDet judiska Högalid #19 - Hans Fink
- Mina morföräldrar, Bernhard och Berta Birnick, var väldigt ortodoxa, väldigt strikt kosher. En gång köpte min mamma och hennes syskon räkor i fiskaffären. De…