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

Testimony

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...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Shmuel Arditi, who was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences in Sofia until 28/08/1943; Arditi's life in the village of Ruse, until winter 1943 and in the village of Voditsa, until the end of the war Included in the file: - A booklet by Arditi, with his survey of the decisive role played by Bulgaria's King Boris in the rescue of the Jews of Bulgaria; - Copies of the Agreement to Exile the Jews and the Exile Order of 1943 are included in the file.

File Number : 7692

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey, Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

Testimony of Bilha Bella (Mosheva) Rivnik, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in the ghettos and the hiding of a Jewish partisan

Testimony

Testimony of Bilha Bella (Mosheva) Rivnik, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1930, regarding her experiences as a child in the ghettos and the hiding of a Jewish partisan

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Mitrani, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Mitrani, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen Life before the war; attends a state school. Deportation of his mother to forced labor, 1941; German occupation, March 1941; passing of the Law for the Protection of the Nation; yellow badge; deportation of Jews from Turkey and Macedonia to Treblinka; deportation order for Sofia Jewry; establishment of protest movements; deportation with the family on a train to Shumen; life in Shumen; attends a Jewish school; deportation of youth to forced labor; correspondence with his father; liberation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Moshe Daniel Moise Cordova, born in Yambol, Bulgaria, 1920, regarding his experiences in Zagreb, Yambol and Smedovo

Testimony

Testimony of Moshe Daniel Moise Cordova, born in Yambol, Bulgaria, 1920, regarding his experiences in Zagreb, Yambol and Smedovo Life before the war; from a well-to-do family; studies in a college in the vicinity of Sofia; university studies in Zagreb; return to Bulgaria due to the numerus clausus, 1940. Life in Yambol including restrictions on the Jews; yellow badge; confiscation of property; revocation of work licenses; deportation of Jews from Sofia to the outlying cities; escape of his uncles from Sofia to the family home; deportation to the Smedovo camp, 1944; liberation by the Red Army. Life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Beatris Betty (Iulzari) Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1932, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria

Testimony

Testimony of Beatris Betty (Iulzari) Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1932, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria Childhood and family background; education; relations with the local population. Rescue from deportation from Sofia because the family had connections; her mother's illness; yellow badge; air-raid; family move to Zlatitsa; life using a false identity; liberation by the Red Army. Destruction of Sofia; aliya to Israel, 1949; absorption; marriage.

File Number : 12513

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Two essays written by Isaak Naimovich and Matey Yulzari regarding the rescue of Bulgarian Jewry

Two essays written by Isaak Naimovich and Matey Yulzari regarding the rescue of Bulgarian Jewry - "Who Rescued the Jews of Bulgaria From the Death Camps?", an essay written in Bulgarian by Isaak Naimovich regarding the importance of the Communist Party in the struggle against the anti-Jewish legislation and its implementation; - "Participation of the Jews of Bulgaria in the Underground and Their Rescue from Extermination", an essay written in Bulgarian by Matey Yulzari from a Communist point of view. Also in the file: An English translation of Naimovich's essay.

File Number : 60

Type of Material : Article

Language : Bulgarian

Survey regarding the relations between Germany and Bulgaria, including Bulgarian policy regarding the Jewish Question, 1939-1944

Survey regarding the relations between Germany and Bulgaria, including Bulgarian policy regarding the Jewish Question, 1939-1944 - Survey written by Dr. S. Fauck for the Institut Fur Zeitgeschichte Munchen (Institute of Contemporary History in Munich) regarding persecution of the Jews of Bulgaria during World War II, 1961; - Article from the "Neuen Wiener Tagblatt" newspaper regarding the article written by Dr. Lubomir Vladikin from Sofia University supporting the need for and the contents of anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria; - Letter sent by Oskar Pinkas to Jakubovi regarding memories from the...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Article, Letter of Testimony, Survey

Language : German

Speeches made by Bulgarian Communist Party leaders on Hristo Botev Radio broadcasts, 1941-1944

Speeches made by Bulgarian Communist Party leaders on Hristo Botev Radio broadcasts, 1941-1944 Speeches made by Bulgarian Communist Party leaders Valko Chervenkov, Vasil Kolarov, S. V. Kolev, V. L. Poptomov and Ferdinand Kozovskion and broadcast on the radio regarding the political and economic situation of Bulgaria and the situation of the Bulgarian Jews, opposition to the anti-Jewish legislation of the king and the Bulgarian government, dependency on Nazi Germany and the struggle against persecution of the Jews. Also in the file: Proclamation against the deportation of the Jews of Thrace and the danger...

File Number : 48

Type of Material : Telegram, Radio Broadcasts

Language : Bulgarian

Anti-Fascist articles by Valko Chervenkov, the Communist leader, Communist Party proclamations and clippings from the "Rabotnichesko Delo" newspaper, 1941-1944

Anti-Fascist articles by Valko Chervenkov, the Communist leader, Communist Party proclamations and clippings from the "Rabotnichesko Delo" newspaper, 1941-1944 - Articles by Valko Chervenkov broadcast on the Hristo Botev Communist radio station opposing the anti-Jewish legislation and policy in Germany and Bulgaria, opposing antisemitic sentiments published in the Bulgarian newspapers and opposing the robbery of Jewish property; - Proclamations in support of the Jews and in opposition to the antisemitic policy, the war against the Soviet Union, the deportation of the Jews of Thrace and Macedonia, and the...

File Number : 47

Type of Material : Radio Broadcasts, Newspaper, Manifesto

Language : Bulgarian

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