Testimony of Lili Araza, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935 – regarding the persecution of her family and her experiences in Bulgaria

Testimony of Lili Araza, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935 – regarding the persecution of her family and her experiences in Bulgaria Family life; her mother's work in goldsmithing; outbreak of the war; her father drafted into labor battalions for three years; move with her mother, brother and sister from Sofia to family members in Lom; studies in a public school with Jewish students; the celebration of Jewish holidays by her family; daily subsistence problems; hunger and difficulties with earning a livelihood; work in the fields; receiving help from Bulgarians; end of the war; return to Sofia; return of her father; occupancy of her house by another family; life in a different location; rehabilitation of life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1948.