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Photographs of Jewish partisans and underground members in Bulgaria during World War II

Photographs of Jewish partisans and underground members in Bulgaria during World War II Portraits of Leon Tadjer, Emil Checerdjiiski, Mico Papo, Anna Ventura, Violeta Iakova and Mati Rubenova including a photograph of the monument in Sofia in memory of the Jews who perished in the anti-Fascist struggle. Also in the file: - Portraits of Georgi Dimitrov and Vasil Kolarov; - Government decision Number 11 regarding benefits and certificates for underground and partisan activity, 06 November 1944; - Certificate of participation in the war, 1944-1945, issued to Viktor Meshulam.

File Number : 34

Type of Material : Photograph

Language : Bulgarian

Clippings from Bulgarian newspapers containing anti-Semitic articles, 1932-1943

Clippings from Bulgarian newspapers containing anti-Semitic articles, 1932-1943 Photocopies of the mastheads of the following newspapers that appeared in an exhibition in Bulgaria: - "Ataka", published by the National Socialist party in Bulgaria; - "Studentska Duma"; - "Aurora".

File Number : 29

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : Bulgarian

Memoirs regarding the experiences of the Jews of Bulgaria during World War II

Memoirs regarding the experiences of the Jews of Bulgaria during World War II Ten short memoirs written by Bulgarian Jews (whose names are not mentioned) photocopied from the Archives of the "Association of Immigrants from Bulgaria" located in the Diaspora Museum Institute [Tel Aviv].

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian

Documentation on the experiences of Heskia Levi as a Zionist in Bulgaria, 1938-1963

Documentation on the experiences of Heskia Levi as a Zionist in Bulgaria, 1938-1963 Autobiographical notes and correspondence of Levi Heskia with Bulgarian and Zionist organizations on the history of the Zionist movement in Bulgaria; Information on the Zionist publications in Bulgaria including a booklet by Heskia Levi on the history of Bulgarian Zionism.

File Number : 66

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian, French, English

Testimony of Mair Ereza, born in 1922 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about persecution of his family and his experiences in Bulgaria

Testimony of Mair Ereza, born in 1922 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about persecution of his family and his experiences in Bulgaria Childhood; family lives in a non-Jewish neighborhood; good neighborly relations; witness attends a secular Christian school; happy early adolescence; German occupation ensues; witness wears the yellow star; assigned to tracklaying as a forced laborer; receives much assistance from partisans; parents die of illness in Sveti Vrach; King Boris sides with the Jews; king poisoned in Germany; war ends; Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov allows some Bulgarian Jews to emigrate to Eretz Israel;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew