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Testimony of Violet (Reuven) Dowek, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Chirpan and Yambol
Testimony
Testimony of Violet (Reuven) Dowek, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Chirpan and Yambol
Childhood as an only child living with her family in a Christian neighborhood; relations with her Bulgarian neighbors.
German occupation, 1941; expulsion from her elementary school; yellow badge; deportation to Chirpan, summer 1943; residence in a small shoemaker's shop; labor in picking produce, stringing beads and similar work; supporting the family by selling shirts sewn by her mother; transfer to live with her relatives in Yambol; living with her uncle; return to Sofia at the end of the war.
Return of the family's property by her neighbors; life under Communist regime; joining Maccabi; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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item Id
8632777
First Name
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Violet
Last Name
Duek
Maiden Name
Reuven
Ruben
Date of Birth
08/05/1931
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
28/01/10
Date of Creation - latest
28/01/10
Name of Submitter
Dowek Reuven Violet
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository