Testimony of Nisim Nathan, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, Vidin, Plovdiv and a labor camp

Testimony of Nisim Nathan, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1922, regarding his experiences in Belgium, Vidin, Plovdiv and a labor camp His childhood within the Jewish community, including his education; emigration to Belgium; move back to Bulgaria, several years later; his father's service in the Bulgarian Army; activities in Beitar. Deportation to Vidin; transfer back to Plovdiv; life in Plovdiv including decree to wear a yellow badge; draft to forced labor in a labor camp; death of his brother in a labor camp; camp life including hunger and punishment; death of his mother; activities of Bulgarian Gendarmerie men; combat by Jewish partisans; protest movements in Bulgaria; sinking of the "Salvador" ship, December 1940; liberation by the Red Army, February 1944. Joins the Hechalutz Hatzair movement; activities in Aliya Bet; attempt to illegally cross the border; detention in solitary confinement including interrogations and torture; illegal aliya attempt on the "Pan Crescent" ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948; combat in the War of Independence; activities in unit 101; membership in the Association of Bulgarian Immigrants in Israel.