Testimony of Jenny (Simantov) Isakovich, born in 1925 in Shumen, Bulgaria, about her experiences in Sofia and Razgrad

Testimony of Jenny (Simantov) Isakovich, born in 1925 in Shumen, Bulgaria, about her experiences in Sofia and Razgrad Life before the war; moves to Sofia at age two; family lives in the Jewish quarter of Sofia; offspring of a Zionist-minded family; Bulgarian Fascists rise to power and collaborate with the Germans; Jews placed under restrictions including movement restrictions; dispossession; Jewish school shut down; local Jews deported to peripheral towns; witness's family remains in Sofia because her father is an expert in making yeast for Bulgarian cheese; authorities draft father to produce the yeast; witness endures bombardments; family moves to Razgrad in late 1943; liberated by Red Army forces in September 1944; back to Sofia; witness completes studies in public school; immigrates to Israel in 1948; adjusts to life in Israel.