Testimony of Nissim Buko Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1898, regarding his experiences in activities as a public figure in Sofia, Berlin and Turkey

Testimony of Nissim Buko Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1898, regarding his experiences in activities as a public figure in Sofia, Berlin and Turkey Public work as a chairman of the World Zionist Organization and the deputy chairman of the Central Jewish Consistory in Sofia; situation of the Jews of Bulgaria between World War I and World War II. Visit in Berlin regarding an Aliya Bet plan for illegal aliya via Bulgaria, late 1939; contacts with Recha Freier and Dr. Leo Baeck; unsuccessfull attempt regarding the plan; life in Bulgaria before the acceptance of the anti-Jewish legislation; attitude of the authorities toward the Jews, with the rise of Kiusseivanov to power; coordination and activities by the Consistory against the legislation; various bodies in the struggle to cancel the order regarding the deportation of the Jews of Bulgaria, March 1943; cancellation of the deportation order; sinking of the "Salvador" ship; affair regarding the ship owner, Dr. Konfito; exile from Sofia; life until his move to Turkey, July 1944. Return to Bulgaria after the liberation; persecution by Jewish Communists; aliya to Israel, 1948.