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Microfilm collection with documentation of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs in Bulgaria from the Central State Archives in Sofia

Microfilm collection with documentation of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs in Bulgaria from the Central State Archives in Sofia The collection includes the Commissariat division (190k) in the source archive, and has three secondary collections: 190k/1/1-9068 - documentation related to anti-Jewish legislation, the establishment of the Commissariat and its activities - the implementation of anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria, 1942-1944; - information regarding the activities of the Jewish communities, preparations and deportation of the Jews of Macedonia, Thrace and Pirot, persecution of the Jews...

Type of Material : List of Persecuted Persons, Inventory List, Investigation Report, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew, German

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sheli (Choef) Yulezari, born in 1931 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about her experiences as a girl in Sofia and Ruse

Testimony of Sheli (Choef) Yulezari, born in 1931 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about her experiences as a girl in Sofia and Ruse Life before the war; offspring of a Zionist secular mercantile family; family owns a confectionary and a porcelain import business; mother active in WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization); family members lack Bulgarian citizenship; war breaks out in 1939; German occupation ensues; Jews placed under restrictions; "Aryanization" of Jewish-owned businesses; deportation to Ruse; witness attends a Jewish school; studies Hebrew, chumash, and reading Hebrew literature; renews visa each...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Aharon Bitosh, born in 1932 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about his experiences as a boy in Sofia, Stara Zagora, and Lukovit

Testimony

Testimony of Aharon Bitosh, born in 1932 in Sofia, Bulgaria, about his experiences as a boy in Sofia, Stara Zagora, and Lukovit Life before the war; Jewish school closed down, the yellow star edict; father taken away for forced labor; witness harassed by teen members of the Brannik nationalist organization; partisan activity; location shelled; witness deported to Stara Zagora in 1943; taken to Lukovit a month later; fits into local life; war ends; back to family home; immigrates to Israel in 1949; adjusts to life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew