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Documentation on antisemitism in Bulgaria, 1918-1943

Documentation on antisemitism in Bulgaria, 1918-1943 Order of the Soviet authorities to stop displays of antisemitism, 27 July 1918; Broadsheet of the legion organization, 31 March 1933; Copy of the article the Superior Race on the meaning of the word Pogrom published in the Poslednie Novosti newspaper, 1938; Broadsheet of Pleven Jewry against an antisemtic speech; Text of D. Kostov's antisemetic speech on the Bulgarian parliament, 12 December 1940; Circular of the Ratnik organization, 03 April 1943; Antisemitic letter of the Front Fighters Association, August 1943.

File Number : 148

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Article, Manifesto

Language : Bulgarian

Testimony of Anny Maron Schechner, born in Bacau, Romania, 1923, regarding her life in Bucharest during the war

Testimony

Testimony of Anny Maron Schechner, born in Bacau, Romania, 1923, regarding her life in Bucharest during the war Moving at age 7 to Bucharest; studies at a Romanian school.Rise to power of the Iron Guard organization, 1939; rise in anti-Semitism; a ban on the admission of Jewish students to high schools in Romania; joining Jewish self-defense groups; murder of Jews in a slaughterhouse; robbery of Jewish property; ousting the Iron Guard organization from power but continuing the authorities in an antisemitic regime; continued life in the city during the war; establishment of an underground newspaper and its...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Bela Ungar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1899, regarding his experiences and activities in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Bela Ungar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1899, regarding his experiences and activities in Budapest Life before the war; works as an attorney; Zionist activities. Outbreak of the war, 1939; increase in antisemitism; legal activities against restrictions placed on the Jews with help from the deputy governor of the Budapest region; activities encouraging Jews to make aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet; establishment of headquarters for saving Jews under Swiss protection; liberation.

File Number : 2404

Type of Material : Testimony, Survey

Language : German, Hungarian

Letter of testimony from Leo Zeilberger, born in Coburg, Germany, 1894, to Dr. Ophir, Kiryat Bialik, regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of a Nazi who had attacked his two brothers and him in 1924 in Coburg, Germany, confiscation of the family business, deportation to Dachau, 1933, release from Dachau, 1936, and his 1937 aliya to Eretz Israel, 01 May 1965 Leo Zeilberger, born in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany, 03 February 1894; from an established, well known Jewish family; ownership of a clothing store by the family; Leo serves as the chairman of the local chapter of Jewish World War I veterans and...

File Number : 985

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Memorandum regarding Neo-Nazi organizations in Western Europe after the war (undated and unsigned)

Memorandum regarding Neo-Nazi organizations in Western Europe after the war (undated and unsigned) Included in the file: - Analysis of Neo-Nazi forces in Western Europe after the war; - Neo-Nazi numbers and influence; - Origin, connections, strategies, and goals of Neo-Nazism; - Enforcement operations against Neo-Nazism; - Importance of the trials against Nazi war criminals as a strategy to fight Neo-Nazism; - Specific measures against Neo-Nazi tendencies in Austria.

File Number : 825

Type of Material : Reports

Language : German

Testimony of Fritz Tau, born in Beuthen, Germany, 1903, regarding the deteriorating political and economical situation of the Jews in Upper Silesia before, during and after the Geneva Convention

Testimony of Fritz Tau, born in Beuthen, Germany, 1903, regarding the deteriorating political and economical situation of the Jews in Upper Silesia before, during and after the Geneva Convention - Description of antisemitism in Upper Silesia before the Nazi rise to power; founding of the Oberschlesische jüdische Selbstwehr (Upper Silesian Jewish Defense League ); appearance of Hitler in the Oberlandesgericht (Higher Regional Appeal Court) in Beuthen during a trial against a Nazi facing murder charges (the so called Potemkin Trial); indifference of the local and provincial police forces to antisemitic...

File Number : 210

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German