Avdija M. VIĐEN 

AVDIJA M. VIĐEN, born in Mostar in 1912.*, perished in the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany in 1943.

Avdija’s prisoner documentation from the German camps is kept in the Arolsen Archives. You can view his prisoner records here: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/1-1-5-3_01010503-002-031-496. Some of the documents include Avdija’s signature.

Prisoner information of Avdija Viđen, translated:

Concentration camp prisoner No. 39034 Viđen Avdija, born on 17th March 1912 in Mostar (Herzegovina-Croatia), address Bakamovića 423, occupation blacksmith, religion Muslim, nationality Croatian, marital status single, father’s occupation farmer, mother’s name Habiba V, born Hrničić, wife’s name Ledičan, education 4th grade primary school, 3rd grade trade school, military service: infantry (Yugo-Croatian -illegible) 1941-1944, height 16, bent nose, dark brown hair, slim appearance, illegible mouth, square face, protruding ears, languages Croatian, Italian, green eyes, sparse teeth, distinctive marks: scar on the left arm… captured on 26th October 1944 in Tuzla, Bosnia, delivered on 2nd February 1945. Reason 2,245 SS-Germ III, political punishment 1 time for political offense, 1 year imprisonment -:-:- Informed that he will receive punishment if it is not proven that the above statements are false, signature, Avdija Viđen, camp commander 6113.

Concentration camp Weimar – Buchenwald Prisoner’s Personal Card (same information as above), at the bottom: Penalties in the camp: Reason + Diagnosis- Myocarditis

(faintly visible) number 39034 JUG Viđen Avdija, born on 11th March 1912, passed away on 26th March 1945 at 7:30… … cause of death Myocarditis (note: inflammation of the heart muscle), head pathologist, signature.