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Testimony of Bilha Bella (Kavison) Cohen, born in Vidin, Bulgaria, 1930, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Vidin and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Bilha Bella (Kavison) Cohen, born in Vidin, Bulgaria, 1930, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Vidin and Israel Her childhood in Sofia. Life in Sofia including anti-Jewish legislation; reduction of the area of their shop; distancing of Jewish businesses away from the center of the city; reduction of the hours of activity [of their shop]; searches made in their home during the hours of the night; draft to labor paving roads; rumors concerning deportation; attitude of the authorities toward damage done to the Jews; move to an outlying area by decree; life in a Jewish school building; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Articles from the Ivri Anochi and Kol Koray newspapers, 1873, 1876-1877

Articles from the Ivri Anochi and Kol Koray newspapers, 1873, 1876-1877 The file also includes: Report on the riots against Serb Christians in Serbia and Bulgaria, and in particular a call to the Jews of the larger cities in the Soviet Union to help them and enlist in the Red Army.

File Number : 275

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

Memoirs of Eli Basan and Mois Basan

Memoirs of Eli Basan and Mois Basan The file also includes: Letter sent by the wife of Mois Basan to Benjamin Arditti with memoirs of her husband, 1964.

File Number : 237

Language : Bulgarian

Documentation on the history of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Jewry, 1944-1971

Documentation on the history of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Jewry, 1944-1971 Eulogy on the death of 14 Jews from Dupnitsa, 06 January 1944; Broadsheets and sections of documents on the attitude of the Ostechestven Front government, the Red Army, the Peasants Party and the Zionist movement in Bulgaria and the world, 1944-1945; Report of the Jewish community on the help of the community to a group of 278 pioneers, members of the Gordonia movement, Hashomer Hatzair and Hanoar Hatzioni from Hungary in Kazanlak, 22 November 1944; Newspaper articles with historic data. The file also includes: Thank you letter...

File Number : 229

Type of Material : Survey Report, Letter, Newspaper Clippings, Manifesto

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

Correspondence regarding the experiences of the Jews of Bulgaria, 1928-1970

Correspondence regarding the experiences of the Jews of Bulgaria, 1928-1970 Letters regarding the connection between Bulgaria and Eretz Israel, the aliya from Bulgaria and the establishment of the State of Israel, the cultural ties between Israel and Spain, the Jews in the Russian Army at war, 1877-1878 and the riots in Vratsa, 1891. Also in the file: Letter from the Red Cross regarding publication of the visit made by Edouard Chapuisat, the Red Cross representative, to Bulgaria, 1943.

File Number : 144

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian, Spanish, Hebrew, French, English, German, Ladino

Memoirs regarding the rescue of Russe from burning, robbery and murder of its residents, 1877

Memoirs regarding the rescue of Russe from burning, robbery and murder of its residents, 1877 Rescue of Russe from burning, robbery and murder of its residents; the rescuers were Dimitar Ivanov Vedar and Beniamino Raphael Nahmias, with biographical information about both men.

File Number : 131

Type of Material : Memoirs, Documentation

Language : Bulgarian

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