Overview
- Description
- The collection contains name lists of Jews drafted to the labor battalions in Bulgaria, military orders and reports regarding the conscription of Jews, and lists of those released due to hospitalization, or who were otherwise granted leave.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1941-1944
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Reference
- Todorov, T., and T Evtimov. Pŭtevoditel Na Arkhivnite Fondove 1877-1945. Sofii︠a︡: Voenno izd-vo, 1976.
USHMM Photo Archives: http://digitalassets.ushmm.org/photoarchives/result.aspx?folderid=21545937
Hoppe, J. Zwangsarbeit von Juden in Bulgarien waehrend des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Die juedischen Arbeitsbataillone 1941–1944, in: Suedost-Forschungen 64 (2006)
Ferencz, Benjamin B., Less Than Slaves: Jewish Forced Labor and the Quest for Compensation. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979.
Physical Details
- Language
- Bulgarian
- Genre/Form
- Registers. Reports.
- Extent
-
4 boxes
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Lists of labor brigades organized by localities.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Copyright for publication remains with the Central State Archives of Bulgaria. Duplication can be made for a third party only with permission of the Central State Archives of Bulgaria.
- Copyright Holder
- T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Bulgaria)
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Bulgaria. Forced labor--Bulgaria--History--20th century--Registers. Jewish soldiers--Bulgaria--History--Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Bulgaria.
- Geographic Name
- Bulgaria--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--History. Bulgaria--Ethnic relations--History--20th century. Bulgaria--Politics and government--1878-1944. Bov (Bulgaria) Dolna Orechovica (Bulgaria) Gabrovnitsa (Bulgaria) Lovech (Bulgaria) Lozen (Bulgaria) Malko Belovo (Bulgaria) Nedelino (Bulgaria) Pasardzhik (Bulgaria) Pasardzhik (Bulgaria) Peshtera (Pazardzhiski okrŭg, Bulgaria) Peshtersko (Bulgaria) Plovdiv (Bulgaria) Sestrimo (Bulgaria) Shiroka Polyana (Bulgaria) Simeonovets (Bulgaria) Sophia (Bulgaria) Tash Boaz (Bulgaria) Tryavna (Bulgaria) Veliko Tŭrnovo (Bulgaria) Vetren (Bulgaria) Vetren (Pazardzhishki okrŭg, Bulgaria) Vraca (Bulgaria) Zlatograd (Bulgaria) Zvanichevo (Bulgaria)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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T︠S︡entralen voenen arkhiv
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the T︠S︡entralen voenen arkhiv (Central Military Archives)-currently a part of the T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Bulgaria) (Central State Archives of Bulgaria). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:53:57
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn74925
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