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Testimony of Mair Ereza, born in 1922 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about persecution of his family and his experiences in Bulgaria

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Testimony of Mair Ereza, born in 1922 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about persecution of his family and his experiences in Bulgaria Childhood; family lives in a non-Jewish neighborhood; good neighborly relations; witness attends a secular Christian school; happy early adolescence; German occupation ensues; witness wears the yellow star; assigned to tracklaying as a forced laborer; receives much assistance from partisans; parents die of illness in Sveti Vrach; King Boris sides with the Jews; king poisoned in Germany; war ends; Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov allows some Bulgarian Jews to emigrate to Eretz Israel; witness immigrates to Eretz Israel.
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13325186
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Mair
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Ereza
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01/01/1922
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Sofia, Bulgaria
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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09/07/2018
details.fullDetails.latestDate
09/07/2018
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ארזה מאיר
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YES
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ISRAEL
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