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Testimony of Shmuel Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1922, regarding his experiences in Sofia, labor battalion in Pazardzhik and with the partisans in the Stata Planina mountains
Testimony
Testimony of Shmuel Levi, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1922, regarding his experiences in Sofia, labor battalion in Pazardzhik and with the partisans in the Stata Planina mountains
Life before the war; assimilated family with hardships; receives help from the Hadassah organization; attends a Jewish school; joins Hashomer Hatzair movement.
Deportation to a labor battalion in Pazardzhik, 1942; escape to the Stara Planina mountains, 1943; life in the mountains including joining the partisans; partisan activities; liberation by the Red Army, 1944.
Return to Sofia; life in Sofia; service in the Police force; move to Burgas; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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item Id
7318376
First Name
Shmuel
Last Name
Levi
Date of Birth
1922
Place of Birth
Sofia, Bulgaria
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
05/08/08
Date of Creation - latest
05/08/08
Name of Submitter
Levy Samuel
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection