Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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List of the documentation submitted to Yad Vashem by the Organization of Bulgarian Jews in Sofia

File Number : 36

Type of Material : Photo(s), Chart(s), Drawing(s)

Language : Bulgarian

Book written by Benjamin Arditti on the role of King Boris III in the deportation of Bulgarian Jewry

File Number : 317

Type of Material : Book, Document

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

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.18 in Sofia, 29 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.18 in Sofia, 29 March 1945 Indictments and names of plaintiffs: 1. Boris Barov - historic importance of the trial, persecution of the Jews in Europe and specifically in Germany, criticism of anti-Semitism in the world and in Bulgaria, statistical data concerning the number of Jews in the country, 1934-1945 and their economic, legal and social condition, restrictions against the Jews during the war and a survey regarding the Holocaust throughout the European countries; - Data regarding the trial (330 witnesses); - The influence of anti-Semitic ideas in...

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 13 in Sofia, 21 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 13 in Sofia, 21 March 1945 Testimonies of 50 witnesses: 1. Nisim Aron Papo - the work battalion in Zvanichevo, 1943; 2. Yakob (Zhak) Mordohay Shaul - closure of his store by Ivan Neofitov; 3. Dimitar Kozhuharov; 4. Zhak Pinkas Sarfati; 5. David Isak Samuilov - testimony against the bank teller Yordan Markov; 6. Moni Zaharia Levi - testimony against Stamboldzhiev; 7. Elia Menahem - testimony against the lawyer Boyan Mihov; 8. Samuil Panizhel who was deported to Shumen - testimony against Stariradev and Markov, the National Bank tellers,...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 9 in Sofia, 16 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 9 in Sofia, 16 March 1945 Proceedings from the seventh panel of the court (for the judgement of the anti-Semites) 16 March 1945 (pp. 720-834 in the court session proceedings) - List of 51 witnesses some who did not appear; - Testimony of 13 witnesses: 1. Dimo Kazasov (Righteous Among the Nations), the Minister; 2. Menahem Faionov, the lawyer; 3. Grigor Cheshmedzhiev, the Minister; 4. Isak Fransez, the lawyer; 5. Dr. Iosif Confino- functioned as a physician on the deportation trains with the Jews of Thrace from Simitli to Gorna Dzhumaya; 6....

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Testimony, Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Testimonies presented before the People's Court in Bulgaria in 1945 regarding the events that transpired in Sofia during 24 May 1943 and the camps in Somovit and Tabakova Cheshma

Testimonies presented before the People's Court in Bulgaria in 1945 regarding the events that transpired in Sofia during 24 May 1943 and the camps in Somovit and Tabakova Cheshma Testimonies include those of Violete Faionova, Menahem Faionov, Daniel Zion and Eli Eshkenazi.

File Number : 198

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Bulgarian

Documentation of the history of Bulgarian Jewry after 09 September 1944

Documentation of the history of Bulgarian Jewry after 09 September 1944 Appeal to the World Jewish Congress on behalf of Bulgarian Jewry in preparation of the International Peace conference in Paris; Letter of the activities of Dimo Kazasov on behalf of the Jews; Broadsheets on the political life in Bulgaria; Appeal of the Bulgarian Olim Association in Israel to the Bulgarian government to protect the legal and economic interests of the Jews in Bulgaria.

File Number : 193

Type of Material : Manifesto

Language : Bulgarian, French, English

Protest letters against the Law for the Protection of the Nation in Bulgaria, 1940

Protest letters against the Law for the Protection of the Nation in Bulgaria, 1940 Protest letters of a legal association to the Chairman of the Parliament and Prime Minster; Letter written by Hristo Punev, 01 November 1940; Letter to the Prime Minister Bogdan Filov with no date and no name of the sender. The file also includes: Newspaper article by Buco Piti on the Righteous Among the Nations Dimo Kazasov.

File Number : 152

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian