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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

Testimony of Shlomo Benvenisti, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sofia, Gradeshnitsa, Marikostino, Shumen and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Benvenisti, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sofia, Gradeshnitsa, Marikostino, Shumen and other places Life in Sofia before the war. Yellow badge, 1941; transfer to forced labor for the Bulgarian Army, summer 1942; camp life in Gradeshnitsa; labor preparing a surface for railroad tracks; release and return to his family's home; transfer to Marikostino; camp life; desertion and escape to Shumen; escape to Ruse; life in Ruse; put on trial in a military court for desertion; transfer to a military prison, 20 May 1944; liberation by the Red Army, September...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nisim Ben Aroia, born in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria, 1910, regarding his experiences in Mihalkovo and Gradeshnitsa

Testimony

Testimony of Nisim Ben Aroia, born in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria, 1910, regarding his experiences in Mihalkovo and Gradeshnitsa Life before the war; relations with the local population; service in the Bulgarian Army, 1931. Outbreak of the war; decrees including the yellow badge and draft to forced labor; deportation to Mihalkovo; transfer to Gradeshnitsa; camp life including labor paving roads for the Bulgarian Army; end of the war. Life under Communism; aliya with his family to Israel, 1948; work in construction of neighborhoods.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Protest letters written by Avram Tadzher [President of the Central Consistory] opposing displays of anti-Semitism and the anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1938-1943

Protest letters written by Avram Tadzher [President of the Central Consistory] opposing displays of anti-Semitism and the anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1938-1943 - Protest letter to N. Nikolaev, the Minister of the Interior, regarding activities of Ratnik, the forbidden Fascist organization, 02 July 1938; - Protest letter to the Organization of Retired Military Officers opposing the Law for Protection of the Nation, 10 January 1941; - Protest letter to the Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Army, 01 October 1942; - Protest letter to the War Minister opposing the anti-Jewish policy, 19 April 1943.

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian

Album in memory of Jews killed in action defending Bulgaria, 1912-1918

File Number : 312

Type of Material : Album

Language : Bulgarian, Ladino / Solitreo, Hebrew

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.19 in Sofia, 30 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.19 in Sofia, 30 March 1945 Indictments and the names of the plaintiffs: 1. Slavcho Stoilov against: - Hristo Stomanyakov - transport of 110 Jews to the Tabakova Cheshma camp, and the restrictions imposed on the Jews by Stomanyakov while serving as the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV) director; - Borislav Tasev - tortures that he inflicted on the Jews; - Slavcho Ivanov Yonchev - deportation of the Jews of Stara Zagora, Kavala and Kazanlak, corruption and stealing of Jewish property and more; - Asen Paytashev - camp organization in Dupnitsa,...

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Memoirs of Heskia Davidov's activities, 1912-1950

File Number : 257

Type of Material : Survey

Language : Bulgarian

Testimony of Michael Levi, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Skopje using a false identity, Prizen and hiding in Tirana

Testimony

Testimony of Michael Levi, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Skopje using a false identity, Prizren and hiding in Tirana From a secular family. German occupation, April 1941; escape to Skopje using a false identity; escape to Prizren, March 1943; escape to Tirana; life being hidden by the Toptani family who were later recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, September 1943; liberation. Return to Yugoslavia; aliya to Israel, 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of the relations between Jews and Bulgarians in Bulgaria, 1884-1939

Documentation of the relations between Jews and Bulgarians in Bulgaria, 1884-1939 - Narrative page written by Simon Dubnov, the historian, regarding the participation of the Jews of Bulgaria in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia, 1885, including the attitude of Prince Alexander Batemberg and Prince Ferdinand Batemberg towards the Jews and displays of anti-Semitism in the Sofia University; - Thank you letter sent to Dr. Pasmanik, the physician, by the residents of Nova Zagora, 1986; - Letter from 1904 regarding the riots in Lom - Indictment against the participants in the riots [in Lom] including a...

File Number : 117

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Letter, Indictment

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew, French

Memoirs of Isidor Sidi on his grandfather Dr. Moris London

File Number : 238

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian

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