Testimony of Joseph Mitrani, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen

Testimony of Joseph Mitrani, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen Life before the war; attends a state school. Deportation of his mother to forced labor, 1941; German occupation, March 1941; passing of the Law for the Protection of the Nation; yellow badge; deportation of Jews from Turkey and Macedonia to Treblinka; deportation order for Sofia Jewry; establishment of protest movements; deportation with the family on a train to Shumen; life in Shumen; attends a Jewish school; deportation of youth to forced labor; correspondence with his father; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944; participation of Jewish partisans in combat. Reunion with his father; return to Sofia, September 1944; life in Sofia; education; youth movement activities; aliya to Israel, 1949.