Viktor Malinarić

"A: it was a little tricky in the hospital… it happened more than once with the wounded, the unexpected death. They would come with a note, room such and such, first name, last name he should be eliminated, and it would happen. There were two men from my room...two of them, you’ll see why I’m telling you this. Two of them. I knew one of them, he was from Slavonski Brod, I don’t know his name or the other one’s name. They came inside, called his name, yes you “Get up” and we were all badly injured but he had to stand up. Get up, and they’d take him and maybe 100, 110, 120 yards from us, from our barrack there was this natural pit in the yard, it belonged to the hospital because our barrack was a part of the hospital. It was a natural pit, they called it the “cast house”, it was a freaking cast house. They would throw casts and bandages there, all hospital things and women. And they killed people there. They would come to the pit and shoot them and they would go in. And that was it. Q: Ustaše did that? A: yes, I told you they killed two from my room and I would hear shots when they killed the others."

"One day, it was an afternoon, the head of the hospital came to my room, he was often there and he was one of us, our boss was for the partisans and he used to be Ustaša always in a uniform. Then he came and said “Malinarić Viktor”, “That’s me”, it was my turn. Yes, and he was there, there were two of them, he was there the boss and there was this one officer domobran in his uniform. And he said he was outside, he was not in his room, he was alone in the hallway, outside, taking a walk on his crutch. And the officer told me “Where is your room?” and I said “There”. And he said “let’s go to the room” and the three of us went in. So we came in the room and he said “where is your bed?” and I said “That’s my bed”. And then the officer said “please stand there” and he said “you have to leave us”, he said to the ustaša. “Ok”, he said, “I will”. And he left. After he left he said to me “Vittorio, I am zerman. I am zerman, don’t be afraid. I know what is happening but nothing will happen to you” and then we talked for awhile. I asked him how could he be a zerman? And he said “I am Maruca’s son” Maruca is my mother’s sister. And then he said: “Victor, we will keep an eye on you. No person can come near you. You are under a strict control of the SS Germany. No person can come near you but I could because I am wearing the uniform, I can. I will come again”