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Oral history interview with Mordechai Arbel

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.539.44 | RG Number: RG-50.430.0044

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    Oral history interview with Mordechai Arbel

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Mordechai Arbel, born in Sofia, Bulgaria and age 60 at the time of the interview, discusses his childhood in Sofia; customs and everyday life in Bulgaria before the war; the slow increase in Germans in the area; how his school life was free from antisemitism; antisemitism from American teachers and administrators in the school (The American School of Sofia); his father helping Jews to immigrate to Israel; the Germans entering formally on March 1, 1941; the emigration visas issued by the British in Palestine; immigrating by train to Palestine via Turkey; the economic life in Bulgaria; Sephardic traditional life; his employment after entering Israel as a diplomat, businessmen, ambassador, manager, and historical researcher; and his overall feelings about Bulgaria and his experiences there.
    Interviewee
    Mordechai Arbel
    Date
    interview:  1990 March 04
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from Jacky and Lisa Comforty

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    4 videocassettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Arbel, Mordechai.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this interview from Comforty Media Concepts on March 27, 1996.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:31:58
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