Testimony of Shlomo Benvenisti, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sofia, Gradeshnitsa, Marikostino, Shumen and other places

Testimony of Shlomo Benvenisti, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sofia, Gradeshnitsa, Marikostino, Shumen and other places Life in Sofia before the war. Yellow badge, 1941; transfer to forced labor for the Bulgarian Army, summer 1942; camp life in Gradeshnitsa; labor preparing a surface for railroad tracks; release and return to his family's home; transfer to Marikostino; camp life; desertion and escape to Shumen; escape to Ruse; life in Ruse; put on trial in a military court for desertion; transfer to a military prison, 20 May 1944; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944. Aliya to Israel by ship, 1948.