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Testimony of Beatris Betty (Iulzari) Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1932, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria

Testimony

Testimony of Beatris Betty (Iulzari) Alfasa, born in Sofia, 1932, regarding her experiences in Bulgaria Childhood and family background; education; relations with the local population. Rescue from deportation from Sofia because the family had connections; her mother's illness; yellow badge; air-raid; family move to Zlatitsa; life using a false identity; liberation by the Red Army. Destruction of Sofia; aliya to Israel, 1949; absorption; marriage.

File Number : 12513

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Survey regarding the relations between Germany and Bulgaria, including Bulgarian policy regarding the Jewish Question, 1939-1944

Survey regarding the relations between Germany and Bulgaria, including Bulgarian policy regarding the Jewish Question, 1939-1944 - Survey written by Dr. S. Fauck for the Institut Fur Zeitgeschichte Munchen (Institute of Contemporary History in Munich) regarding persecution of the Jews of Bulgaria during World War II, 1961; - Article from the "Neuen Wiener Tagblatt" newspaper regarding the article written by Dr. Lubomir Vladikin from Sofia University supporting the need for and the contents of anti-Jewish legislation in Bulgaria; - Letter sent by Oskar Pinkas to Jakubovi regarding memories from the...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Article, Letter of Testimony, Survey

Language : German

Correspondence of Rabbi Dr. Mordehai (Marcus) Ehrenpreis with Archbishop Stefan regarding the situation of the Jews of Bulgaria, June-September 1943

File Number : 46

Type of Material : Telegram

Autobiography and memoirs of Avram Yuda Alfasa regarding the experiences of Bulgarian Jewry during Ottoman rule until after 1944

Autobiography and memoirs of Avram Yuda Alfasa regarding the experiences of Bulgarian Jewry during Ottoman rule until after 1944 Diary with the events of Bulgarian Jewry during Ottoman rule until World War II including persecution, Law for the Protection of the Nation, visit of Rabbi Hananel to Metropolitan Stefan on 09 January 1943, events that transpired in Sofia during March 1943, deportation of Jewry from Sofia and life in Somovit camp; experiences of Bulgarian Jewry after 1944.

File Number : 316

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian

Nine memoirs regarding what happened to the Jews of Bulgaria during World War II

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Memoirs

Language : Bulgarian

Booklet regarding the history of the Jews of Bulgaria written by Haim Keshales, Volume II, Part 1

Booklet regarding the history of the Jews of Bulgaria written by Haim Keshales, Volume II, Part 1 Volume II, Part 1 is entitled "Bulgarian Jewry Under the Fascist Regime in Bulgaria, 1939-1944". Also in the file: Essay entitled "To the Organizations That Rescued the Jews of Bulgaria" written by Vitaly Haimov.

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Booklet(s)

Language : Hebrew

Booklet regarding the history of the Jews of Bulgaria written by Haim Keshales, Volume II, Part 1

Booklet regarding the history of the Jews of Bulgaria written by Haim Keshales, Volume II, Part 1 Volume II is entitled "It Happened Then - Notes Regarding Jewish Life in Bulgaria, 1939-1944"; Volume II, Part 1 is entitled "Bulgarian Jewry Under the Fascist Regime in Bulgaria, 1939-1944".

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Booklet(s)

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 : Protocol, Testimony

Language : Bulgarian

Memoirs of Menahem Moshonov on the events that transpired in Bulgaria during World War II

Memoirs of Menahem Moshonov on the events that transpired in Bulgaria during World War II Letter Moshonov sent to Hayim Keshales, 18 April 1961, on his work as a goldsmith near the king's palace, his Zionist activities and the efforts to ease the situation of the Jews in labor battalions, end of 1942-beginning 1943, and on the events that transpired in Sofia on 24 May 1943.

File Number : 262

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Bulgarian

Documentation on the trial of Adolf Beckerle, German ambassador in Bulgaria during the war, 1960-1961

Documentation on the trial of Adolf Beckerle, German ambassador in Bulgaria during the war, 1960-1961 Newspaper article written by Yohanan Lahav on the trial; Correspondence of Benjamin Arditti with a court representative in Frankfurt on the search and preparation of testimonies and proof against Beckerle; Two letters of A. Alfasa on his meeting with Beckerle with the Metropolitan Stefan, 09 March 1943. The file also includes: Six pictures from during the war from the festivities in Skopie with the participation of Beckerle.

File Number : 203

Type of Material : Testimony, Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Article

Language : Bulgarian, Hebrew, German

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