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Law for the Protection of the Nation, 21 January 1941

Law for the Protection of the Nation, 21 January 1941 The booklet contains: Law for the Protection of the Nation, regulation for the implementation of the law and regulations on the restrictions of employment in certain fields, confiscation of property and additional restrictions.

File Number : 311

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Form, Laws and Decrees

Language : Bulgarian

Documentation of the experiences of Pinto Iliyev (Pinto Zilbershchayn), born in 1888 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, before and during the Holocaust, etc.

- the experiences of Pinto Iliyev (Pinto Zilbershchayn), born in 1888 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, drawn up by his daughter, Beti Levi: life before the war, his marriage to Anna Khirsh; receiving authorization to open a private pharmacy in Plovdiv or Varna; moving to Plovdiv; life in Plovdiv; pharmacy seized in 1941; works as employed of another pharmacy; pharmacy restored to his ownership in 1944; life after the war; his daughter Beti marries David Levi in 1948; - certificate of appreciation from Beti Levi, Plovdiv, 2000; - Bulgarian newspaper clipping headlined "Saturday," with an article about the rescue...

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article, Diploma, Personal Documents

Language : Bulgarian

Memoirs of Rakhel Blumenfeld (maiden name: Varon), born in Provadia in 1926, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria during the war and in Israel after her aliya in 1948

Memoirs of Rakhel Blumenfeld (maiden name: Varon), born in Provadia in 1926, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria during the war and in Israel after her aliya in 1948 - memoirs of Rakhel (Varon) Blumenfeld regarding her experiences in Bulgaria during the war, and in Israel after her aliya in 1948 (printed on the letterhead of Ezra D. Varon, owner of a wholesale store in Provadia, bearing the date on which he received his store and his business license back - 14 February 1945): Her parents - Duda and Ezra Varon; German occupation of Provadia; leaving school; deportation of her brother Duitza (David) to a...

File Number : 11118

Type of Material : Postcard, Birth Certificate, Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew, Ladino

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Lucy Ashkenazi, nee Isakov, born in Samokov, Bulgary, in 1929, regarding prohibitions and restrictions under fascist regime.

Testimony of Lucy Ashkenazi,nee Isakov,born in Samokov,Bulgary,in 1929,regarding prohibitions and restrictions under fascist regime. Childhood in Samokov; life under fascist regime,1940; closing down of father's clinic; father's enrolment as a doctor into governmental service in Zemovo and Nevrokop,1941; helping Jewish refugees that had been expulsed from Sofia,1943; confiscation of house and housing of German officer with family,1944; transfer of father as a doctor to Kavala,Turkey; father's arrest with Jews of Kavala and his deportation by transport to east; father's escape during transport stop near the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Nina Sara (Melamed) Moshe, born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences during the persecution of Bulgarian Jews

Testimony

Testimony of Nina Sara (Melamed) Moshe, born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences during the persecution of Bulgarian Jews Childhood in Kyustendil; life under the fascist regime in 1940; closure of the Jewish school; harassment by Bulgarian fascist youth; confiscation of her father's workshop and shops in 1941; draft of her father for forced labor in road construction in 1942; deportation order and concentration at the train station in 1943; cancellation of the deportation order and return home; helping Jewish refugees expelled from Sofia; air-raids in 1944; hiding from the air-raids...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Virginia (Anavi) Ben Arie, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1931, regarding her experiences in Plovdiv as a child during the war

Testimony of Virginia (Anavi) Ben Arie, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1931, regarding her experiences in Plovdiv as a child during the war Childhood in a traditional home; studies in a Hebrew school; good neighborly relations with the Bulgarians; German invasion in 1941; anti-Jewish regulations; curfew; confiscation of her father's store; concentration of the Jews in the Jewish school and their release a day later in 1943; the entry of Red Army forces in 1944; marriage and aliya to Israel on the ship "Champollion" in 1951; rehabilitation and absorption.

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jenny (Simantov) Isakovich, born in 1925 in Shumen, Bulgaria, about her experiences in Sofia and Razgrad

Testimony of Jenny (Simantov) Isakovich, born in 1925 in Shumen, Bulgaria, about her experiences in Sofia and Razgrad Life before the war; moves to Sofia at age two; family lives in the Jewish quarter of Sofia; offspring of a Zionist-minded family; Bulgarian Fascists rise to power and collaborate with the Germans; Jews placed under restrictions including movement restrictions; dispossession; Jewish school shut down; local Jews deported to peripheral towns; witness's family remains in Sofia because her father is an expert in making yeast for Bulgarian cheese; authorities draft father to produce the yeast;...

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shoshana Habib (maiden name: Keshales) Habib, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1933 - regarding her experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen.

Testimony

Testimony of Shoshana Habib (maiden name: Keshales) Habib, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1933 - regarding her experiences as a child in Sofia and Shumen. Life before the war; her father’s work as a merchant; attended a Jewish school; being trapped in school by the Wehrmacht soldiers; the opening of a school in the synagogue; deportation of the Jews to the ghetto; helping people with shipping goods from Greece at the train station in Sofia; deported to Shumen in 1942; help from the local community; ban on employment; her father was sent to forced labor; liberation by the Red Army at the end of 1944; return to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sara (maiden name: Asa) Zeide, born in 1934 in Sofia, Bulgaria, regarding her family's deportation to Kazanlik and to Ferdinand

Testimony

Testimony of Sara (maiden name: Asa) Zeide, born in 1934 in Sofia, Bulgaria, regarding her family's deportation to Kazanlik and to Ferdinand Childhood; attending a French school; no incidents of antisemitism before the war; imposition of decrees against the Jews after the rise of the fascist regime; property confiscations; restrictions on movement; the obligation to wear a yellow badge; recruitment of young Jews for forced labor in 1942; the deportation of the family to Kazanlik in 1943; the family's deportation to Ferdinand a few days later; forced labor in road construction and laying of railway track;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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