Online Store Contact us About us
Yad Vashem logo

Testimony of Polina Avraham, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Sofia and Lovech

Testimony of Polina Avraham, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Sofia and Lovech Life in Sofia before the war; life in kindergarten; life in a Jewish orphanage administered by her grandmother. Anti-Jewish legislation, 23 January 1941; yellow badge; deportation of Jews to outlying cities and villages; orphanage is turned into a Jewish hospital; her mother's work in the hospital; orphanage is turned into a military camp; transfer to Lovech along with the residents of the orphanage; liberation of Bulgaria by the Red Army, 09 September 1944. Return to Sofia; life in Sofia; aliya to Israel, 1948.
LOADING MORE ITEMS....
item Id
3561522
First Name
Polina
Last Name
Avraham
Date of Birth
1936
Place of Birth
Sofia, Bulgaria
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
7314
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
12/05/1994
Date of Creation - latest
12/05/1994
Name of Submitter
אברהם פולינה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
30
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection