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Testimony of Virginia (Anavi) Ben Arie, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1931, regarding her experiences in Plovdiv as a child during the war

Testimony
Testimony of Virginia (Anavi) Ben Arie, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1931, regarding her experiences in Plovdiv as a child during the war Childhood in a traditional home; studies in a Hebrew school; good neighborly relations with the Bulgarians; German invasion in 1941; anti-Jewish regulations; curfew; confiscation of her father's store; concentration of the Jews in the Jewish school and their release a day later in 1943; the entry of Red Army forces in 1944; marriage and aliya to Israel on the ship "Champollion" in 1951; rehabilitation and absorption.
item Id
11814012
First Name
Virginia
Last Name
Ben Arie
Maiden Name
Anavi
Date of Birth
31/12/1931
Place of Birth
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Name of Submitter
בן ארי וירג'יניה
Original
YES
Form of Testimony
Video