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Selected records from State Archives in Pazardzhik related to the history of the Jewish community of Pazardzhik

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2017.412.1 | RG Number: RG-46.068

Overview

Description: Selected records of the Pazardzhik District Administration, District Court and District Office of Agronomy, included are correspondence and documentation related to the sale of Jewish property in Pazarzdhik, correspondence with the Ministry of Interior and Commissariat of Jewish Affairs concerning the local Jewish population and confiscation of Jewish property, registration of the Jewish-owned companies etc. The second part of this collection contains surviving parts of the Archives of the Jewish Community of Pazardzhik (1915-1946).
Date: inclusive: 1915-1957

Physical Details

Language: Bulgarian
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Reports.
Extent: 4,062 digital images : TIFF ; 178 GB .
System of Arrangement: Arranged in three series: 1. Records of the Pazardzhik District Administration, Office of Agronomy, and the District Court; 3. Records of Pazardzhik Jewish Religious Community: The Jewish Private Primary School, Board of Trustees, and Jewish Synagogue.

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: Fair use only.
Copyright Holder: Dŭrzhaven arkhiv--Pazardzhik

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Bulgaria. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Bulgaria--History--20th century. Jewish property--Bulgaria--History--20th century. Jewish schools--Bulgaria--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Economic aspects--Bulgaria. Executive departments.
Geographic Name: Pazardzhik (Bulgaria) Bulgaria--Ethnic relations--History--20th century. Bulgaria.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Dŭrzhaven arkhiv--Pazardzhik
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Regional State Archives in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, records obtained through the cooperative project with the Yad Vashem, Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in November 2017.

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