Testimony of Elise Avrahami, born in Ruse, Bulgaria in 1915, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Kustendil

Testimony of Elise Avrahami, born in Ruse, Bulgaria in 1915, regarding her experiences in Sofia and Kustendil From a family of rabbis (her grandfather was the Head of the Rabbinical Court of Law in Ruse); studies in a German school; pharmacy studies in Strasburg; aliya to Eretz Israel; move back to Ruse; move to Sofia; marriage; Deportation of Jews who do not possess Bulgarian citizenship, 1939; ban on listening to radio broadcasts; ban on travel by bicycle; rumors regarding the deportation of the Jews of Sofia; escape to Kustendil with help from a Bulgarian physician; her father works as a physician in the state hospital despite the ban; order by the authorities regarding the concentration of the Jews in the railroad station; cancellation of the order by the Bulgarians; return to Sofia in 1944; Aliya to Israel, 1949.