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Commissariat for the Jewish Affairs (KEV) in Bulgaria documentation, 1942-1944

Commissariat for the Jewish Affairs (KEV) in Bulgaria documentation, 1942-1944 - License to work as an attorney at law issued to Leon Farhi, 04 February 1943; - License to work as a physician issued to Haim Alaluf (Rafael), 15 March 1943; - Five temporary certificates permitting the bearer to remain in Sofia, June 1943; - Permit to exit Bulgaria issued to Uriel Haim Aseo and his family, 1943; - Certificate issued to Daniel Buko Nissim from Plovdiv, 1944; - Announcement regarding deportation from Sofia to Karnobat received by Leon Benvenisti and his wife; 1943; - Announcement received by...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Document

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 20 in Sofia, 31 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 20 in Sofia, 31 March 1945 Speeches by the lawyers: 1. Vladimir Tumparov - defense attorney for Pencho Lukov and Nikola Rashkov; 2. Badev - defense attorney for Atanas Ovcharov (deportation of the Jews from Demir Hisar); 3. Stefan Mihaylov - defense attorney for Musevich Borikov; 4. Orhaniev - defense attorney for Ignat Vasilev Petkov; 5. Filchev - defense attorney for Georgi Stoyanov Pinalov, Lyuben Zimriev and Todor Toshkov; 6. Slavchev - defense attorney for Viktor Baychev Ichkov; 7. Manasiev - defense attorney for Maria Pavlova; 8. H....

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.19 in Sofia, 30 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.19 in Sofia, 30 March 1945 Indictments and the names of the plaintiffs: 1. Slavcho Stoilov against: - Hristo Stomanyakov - transport of 110 Jews to the Tabakova Cheshma camp, and the restrictions imposed on the Jews by Stomanyakov while serving as the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV) director; - Borislav Tasev - tortures that he inflicted on the Jews; - Slavcho Ivanov Yonchev - deportation of the Jews of Stara Zagora, Kavala and Kazanlak, corruption and stealing of Jewish property and more; - Asen Paytashev - camp organization in Dupnitsa,...

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.16 in Sofia, 24 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.16 in Sofia, 24 March 1945 Testimonies of 55 witnesses: 1. Stoil Stefanov - appointment of Stomanyakov as director of the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV), 1943; 2. Nili Shpeter - the clerk Peyu Draganov and his treatment of the Jews; 3. Dabev Druzhelyub - economic crimes committed by Ignat Vasilev, Pavel Traykov and Zlatev; 4. Ignat Anev; 5. Adolf Haimov - assistance provided by KEV agent Kozarov to Buko Levi who was hidden at the home of Adolf Haimov; 6. David Lidzhi - treatment of the Jews by Stomanyakov; 7. Boris Bozukov - deportation...

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.15 in Sofia, 23 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.15 in Sofia, 23 March 1945 Testimonies of 48 witnesses: 1. Menahem Isak Koen - continuation of his testimony from Court Session No. 14, regarding the stages of the deportation of the Jews from Solun and its surroundings, the Lavozno camp, the Blehaner camp and Auschwitz; 2. Shentov Danon - behavior of Lonchev, Zahari Velkov and Kalitzin from the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); drafted to Lovech and Staro Oryahovo near Varna; 3. Petko Lalovski - prosecutor in Gyumyurdzhina during the war - deportation of the Jews from the city, the KEV representative,...

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.11 in Sofia, 19 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No.11 in Sofia, 19 March 1945 Testimonies of 13 witnesses: 1. Yako Baruh - regarding the events that occured in Kyustendil and Sofia, March 1943, rescue delegation, activities of Dimitar Peshev and others in the Parliament, reactions of Gabrovski and cancellation of the deportation in Kyustendil, arresting the Jews in Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, and Sliven; activities of Stomanyakov in Kyustendil; 2. Nastya Isakova - Popov and Slavi Pantev, the clerks in the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); 3. Ivan Rokov; 4. David Isak Yeroham - Somovit camp and Lom to...

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : Bulgarian

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 10 in Sofia, 17 March 1945

Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 10 in Sofia, 17 March 1945 Proceedings of Session No.10 (pp. 835-911 several court proceedings); Testimonies of 17 witnesses: 1. Attorney Neyko Neykov - L. Panitsa, M. Pavlova Stomania, clerks in the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); 2. Natan Grinberg - deportation of Jews from Macedonia and Thrace, rescues in Kavala and Skopie; activities of Kalitzin as the assistant KEV director and his connections with the German Embassy in Sofia; regarding Zahari Velkov and Borislav Tasev; activities of Slavcho Yonchev in Kavala, Kazanlik and Sofia; activities of...

File Number : 2

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

Newspaper articles with memoirs of the rescue of Bulgarian Jewry during the war, 1952-1966

Newspaper articles with memoirs of the rescue of Bulgarian Jewry during the war, 1952-1966 Memoirs of Buko Lazarov, 1952, and events that transpired in Bulgaria during March 1943 in response to Benjamin Arditti's book; The Role of King Boris III in the deportation of Bulgarian Jewry; Memoirs of Dr. Sh. H. Romano, 1953, on the events that transpired during March 1943; Memoirs of Itzhak Mitrani on the activities of Prof. Balabanov and Bulgarian representatives in Turkey; Articles on the history of the rescue of Bulgarian Jewry; Memoirs of Viktor Baruh on the protection of Jews by Nedko Kableshkiv from...

File Number : 291

Type of Material : Memoirs, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Bulgarian, French, German

Documentation from the People's Court in Bulgaria, 1944-1945

Documentation from the People's Court in Bulgaria, 1944-1945 Photocopy of the law to establish the People' Court, 06 October 1944; Indictment against Group 1, former government members, and Group 7, persecutors of Jews and Kev clerks involved in the confiscation of Jewish owned property; sections of protocols of Group 7; Section of the archive of Eli Baruh including part of the file of Yaroslav Kalitzin and testimonies of Jews before the court regarding the defendants implementation of the anti-Jewish legislation; Documents and personal comments from the trial of Benjamin Arditti; Newspaper articles with...

File Number : 195

Type of Material : Documentary, Testimony

Language : Bulgarian

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