Overview
- Description
- Letters, correspondence, articles, deportation lists, applications, and reports related to situation of immigrants, eviction and displacement of the Jewish population in Bulgaria and other various issues.
Included are letters from the county governors for the deportation of Turks, Greeks, Jews, and others; correspondence about migrant issues, 1934-1940; articles about Palestine and the Jewish question; correspondence with the Directorate of Religious Affairs and the district police chiefs to extend the residence of the Catholic, Jewish and Armenian priests, monks and nuns, 1937-1943; press clippings on the situation of Jews in various European countries; correspondence with the district police office in Bitola and lists of Jews who came from Zagreb, Belgrade and Sarajevo, 1941-1942; reports of the Plovdiv police department on various issues, including situation of the Jews in Plovdiv, 1943; correspondence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Council of Ministers (Government Decree 33, prot.227 1940) with lists of Jews from the ship "St. Salvador," Dec. 1940; the refusal of the Bulgarian government to allow transit through Bulgaria to Jewish immigrants from Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Italy; reports of Serbian, Turkish, Italian-Albanian propaganda and intelligence activities of VMRD for the Jewish minority in the region of Sopska area, 1943; orders, reports, lists and other documents related to the eviction and displacement of the Jewish population in Bulgaria, 1943, as well application forms, notes and other documents related to the issuance of an entry visa (e.g. to Samuel Farhi Kemal, a Turkish citizen, 1944) - Date
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inclusive:
1934-1944
- 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- Bulgarian
- Extent
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4 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged one series: 1. Police Directorate, 1931-1944.
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)--Refugees--Europe. Emigration and immigration--Bulgaria--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Bulgaria--Registers. Police administration--Bulgaria--History, 1939-1945. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Bulgaria--History. Refugee -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, institutions, etc. Executive departments.
- Geographic Name
- Bitola (Macedonia) Plovdiv (Bulgaria) Vrat︠s︡a (Bulgaria) Skopje (Macedonia) Bulgaria.
- Corporate Name
- St. Salvador (Ship)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Bulgaria)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv, Bulgaria (Central State Archives), Fond 370K. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in 2013.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-09 09:28:29
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