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Testimony of Violet (Reuven) Dowek, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Chirpan and Yambol

Testimony

Testimony of Violet (Reuven) Dowek, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931, regarding her experiences in Sofia, Chirpan and Yambol Childhood as an only child living with her family in a Christian neighborhood; relations with her Bulgarian neighbors. German occupation, 1941; expulsion from her elementary school; yellow badge; deportation to Chirpan, summer 1943; residence in a small shoemaker's shop; labor in picking produce, stringing beads and similar work; supporting the family by selling shirts sewn by her mother; transfer to live with her relatives in Yambol; living with her uncle; return to Sofia at the end...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hanna Gedanski, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931

Testimony

Testimony of Hanna Gedanski, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1931 Early childhood after the death of her father; life in Sofia; good relations with the Christians; attendance at a Jewish school. Life in the city during the war continuing without much change; air-raids; deportation to Kyustendil together with her mother and her siblings, summer 1943; residence with a Christian family; good relations with the family; life in Kyustendil until the liberation and return to Sofia, September 1944. Life in Sofia until 1949; aliya to Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Lucy (Bennozio) Kanari, born in Plovdiv, Romania, 1934, regarding her experiences in Plovdiv

File Number : 8031

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Documentation from KEV (Commissariat for Jewish Affairs) regarding the deportation of the Jews from Burgas, July 1943

Documentation from KEV (Commissariat for Jewish Affairs) regarding the deportation of the Jews from Burgas, July 1943 Deportation orders including an excerpt from a list of deportees.

File Number : 68

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Bulgarian

Testimony of Nurit Viki (Levi) Gazit, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences in Sofia and in a village

Testimony

Testimony of Nurit Viki (Levi) Gazit, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936, regarding her experiences in Sofia and in a village From a secular family involved in the lives of their non-Jewish neighbors; her childhood. Drafting of her brothers to forced labor companies; restrictions on the Jews in their everyday lives; yellow badge (button); deportation from Sofia; transfer to one of the villages (witness does not remember the name); help from the local residents; hunger; air-raids; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Sofia; aliya to Israel, 11 December 1948.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation belonging to Josef Isak Gershon and his work as a member of the municipal council in Sofia

File Number : 67

Type of Material : Speech, Manifesto, Official Documentation

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Shmuel Arditi, who was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1935, regarding his experiences in Sofia until 28/08/1943; Arditi's life in the village of Ruse, until winter 1943 and in the village of Voditsa, until the end of the war Included in the file: - A booklet by Arditi, with his survey of the decisive role played by Bulgaria's King Boris in the rescue of the Jews of Bulgaria; - Copies of the Agreement to Exile the Jews and the Exile Order of 1943 are included in the file.

File Number : 7692

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey, Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew

Testimony of Yosef Nissimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1933, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Karnobat

Testimony

Testimony of Yosef Nissimov, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1933, regarding his experiences in Sofia and Karnobat Childhood in a traditional home; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel; cancellation of the triip. Deterioraton of the living conditions of the Jews, 1939; selling of the house and preparations for the future in light of increasing displays of anti-Semitism; legislation protecting the nation and worsening conditions, January 1941; yellow badge;deportation of his father to work within the "Work Obligation" framework , and his return a few days later; demonstration protesting deportation of the Jews...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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