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Memoirs of Yitzhak Hulio, born in Shumen, Bulgaria in 1938, regarding his experiences in Shumen

File Number : 7472

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 9 in Sofia, 16 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 9 in Sofia, 16 March 1945 Proceedings from the seventh panel of the court (for the judgement of the anti-Semites) 16 March 1945 (pp. 720-834 in the court session proceedings) - List of 51 witnesses some who did not appear; - Testimony of 13 witnesses: 1. Dimo Kazasov (Righteous Among the Nations), the Minister; 2. Menahem Faionov, the lawyer; 3. Grigor Cheshmedzhiev, the Minister; 4. Isak Fransez, the lawyer; 5. Dr. Iosif Confino- functioned as a physician on the deportation trains with the Jews of Thrace from Simitli to Gorna Dzhumaya; 6....

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Testimony, Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Testimony of Mordechai Pinchas, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1918, regarding his experiences in Somovit, Pleven, labor battalion in Lovech and as a Bulgarian Army soldier in the Suschvo area

Testimony

Testimony of Mordechai Pinchas, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1918, regarding his experiences in Somovit, Pleven, labor battalion in Lovech and as a Bulgarian Army soldier in the Suschvo area Life before the war; increase in antisemitism, 1933. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German occupation, spring 1941; annexation of Greek lands to Bulgaria; agreement between the Bulgarian government and Germany to deport Jews to Poland; protest demonstrations to rescue Jewish intellectuals; deportation to Somovit; transfer to Pleven; cancellation of the deportation order; drafted to labor camps; transfer to Lovech; camp life...

File Number : 2493

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nisim Benvenisti, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1926, regarding his experiences in the underground and with the partisans

Testimony

Testimony of Nisim Benvenisti, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1926, regarding his experiences in the underground and with the partisans Life before the war; education. German occupation; underground activities within the frameworki of school; joins the partisans; liberation.

File Number : 3042

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Josef Fico Levi, born in Russe, Bulgaria, 1889, regarding his experiences in Russe

Testimony

Testimony of Josef Fico Levi, born in Russe, Bulgaria, 1889, regarding his experiences in Russe Life before the war. Jewish community help to the refugees; term as Jewish community chairman; requests submitted to the authorities on behalf for the Jews; help from the Jewish Agency in Constantinople for deportees from Sofia; list of names of rabbis and Jewish public figures; cancellation of the restrictions on the Jews with the help of Ivanov Bagrianov, a senior Bulgarian politician; accused of collaborating with the fascist regime and acquittal. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.

File Number : 3256

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Shmuel, born in Pernik, Bulgaria, 1938 regarding his family's experiences during the war

Details about Jewish families in Pernik; harsh antisemitism; his father was kidnapped from the street for forced labor after the German occupation, March 1941; a neighbor attempted to rape his mother; an attempt was made to murder his mother; he and his mother escaped from the house and wandered for about three and a half years in the Pernik area, without contact with other Jews; liberation by the Red Army. His father's return from forced labor; the aliya of his family to Israel, January 1949.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Testimony of Primo Khashmonai, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1933, regarding his family's experiences during the deportation to Lom during the war Life in a traditional Jewish family; childhood in Sofia; living in a Jewish neighborhood; Outbreak of the war; deportation of the family to Lom; obligation to wear the yellow badge; curfew at 16:00; work in a Bulgarian barbershop; antisemitism; help from the Joint; liberation by the Red Army; Return to Sofia; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948, absorption.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Rivka (Moscona) Konfino, born in Yambol, Bulgaria in 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Yambol during the war

Testimony of Rivka (Moscona) Konfino, born in Yambol, Bulgaria in 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in Yambol during the war Childhood in Yambol; family background; discriminatory attitude towards the witness in the kindergarten in Elhovo; transfer of her father to a labor camp in southern Bulgaria; studies in a synagogue that became a Jewish school; anti-Jewish legislation; curfew; obligation to wear a button in the shape of a yellow Star of David; help of villagers in supplying food ; imprisonment of her parents on the charge of black market activities; family members pack suitcases in case they...

Language : Hebrew

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