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Microfilm collection with documentation of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs in Bulgaria from the Central State Archives in Sofia

Microfilm collection with documentation of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs in Bulgaria from the Central State Archives in Sofia The collection includes the Commissariat division (190k) in the source archive, and has three secondary collections: 190k/1/1-9068 - documentation related to anti-Jewish legislation, the establishment of the Commissariat and its activities - the implementation of anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1942-1944; - information regarding the activities of the Jewish communities, preparations and deportation of the Jews of Macedonia, Thrace and Pirot, persecution of the Jews of Bulgaria and the cancellation of the deportation of about 8000 Jews in March 1943, forced labor battalions, and more; - information regarding the deportation of the Jews of Sofia to cities in the periphery in May 1943 and the confiscation of their property (tenders, advertisements, lists of items, etc.); - lists of Jews in connection with banks, taxes, restrictions and rights, tenders; - lists from transit camps and concentration camps; - personal files of Jews from the cities in the new territories and of Jews deported from Sofia to cities in the periphery; - documentation from the People's Court of Bulgaria in 1945 against the defendants in the persecution of Bulgarian Jews; 190k/2/1-6039 - documentation related to economic matters in the commissariat: legislation, restrictions of businesses and work, special taxes, confiscation of property (lists of tax payers and business owners, and personal files of Jews, lists of the poor, food recipients, etc.), budgets of the Jewish communities and documentation related to financial matters; 190k/3/1-377 - documentation related to the People's Court of Bulgaria, including personal files of the accused; - documentation regarding the administration of the commissariat; - documentation from the Jewish communities - educational matters, forced labor battalions, restrictions and more.
item Id
4440958
Type of material
Inventory list
Investigation report
List of persecuted persons
Official documentation
Testimony
Language
Bulgarian
Hebrew
German
Record Group
M.67 - Archives in Bulgaria
Name of Submitter
USHMM
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
338000
Archival Signature
חטיבה 190k
Location of Originals
TZENTRALEN DARZHAVEN ARHIV, SOFIA, BULGARIA