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Justice Department (Fond 88)

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.397 | RG Number: RG-46.033M

Overview

Description: Contains correspondence related to property in Yugoslavian and Greek territories; testimonies from Bulgarian soldiers taking part in the execution of Thomas Markham, an American pilot, as well as English Major Thompson and others; correspondence with the Central Committee of National Liberation (Jewish Section) regarding Jews in jail; report regarding the property of Jews who emigrated to Palestine and a letter from the Association of Bulgarian Jews in Tel Aviv regarding this question; and other records related to the confiscation of properties during and after World War II.
Date: inclusive: 1944-1950
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
Genre/Form: Correspondence.
Extent: 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Organized in the following order: Fond 88, Opis 1; Reel 1: Opis 1, File 214, 230, 234, Opis 2, File 148, 152, 187, 313, 324, Opis 4, File 3, Opis 13, File 250-, Opis 7, File 2 p. 111; Reel 2: Opis 7, File 2 p. 111- 2 p. 1313; Reel 3: Opis 7, File 2 p. 1313A. Arrangement is thematic.

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--Confiscations and contributions--Bulgaria. Jewish property--Bulgaria. Jewish property--Yugoslavia. Jewish property--Greece. Jews, Bulgarian--Palestine. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Bulgaria.
Geographic Name: Bulgaria--History--1944-1990.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Bulgaria)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Records from the T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Central State Archives), Bulgaria, Fond 88, Opis 1, 2, 4, 7, 13.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in July 2002.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 18:10:44
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