This book collects narratives of Bulgarian Jews who survived the Holocaust. Through eye-witness testimonies, archival documents, photographs, and researchers' investigations, the stories counter official accounts and corroborate war crimes.
This book collects narratives of Bulgarian Jews who survived the Holocaust. Through eye-witness testimonies, archival documents, photographs, and researchers' investigations, the stories counter official accounts and corroborate war crimes.
Jacky Comforty is an award-winning filmmaker, oral historian, and media creator who has worked for over thirty-five years creating films and videos in the United States, Germany, Israel, and Bulgaria. Martha Bloomfield is an award-winning author, oral historian, photographer, and independent scholar who has written several books about immigrants, migrants, and the formerly homeless.
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List of Figures Foreword by Omer Bartov Preface Acknowledgments 00 Introduction Part 1 Identity - Who We Are 01 The Jewish Diaspora 02 The Jews of the Iberian Peninsula 03 The Jews of the Balkans 04 Jewish Migration waves to the Balkans 05 Jewish Life 15-19th centuries Part 2 Collective Memory of the Balkan Jews 06 Multicultural Multi religious and multi ethnic Balkans 07 Shared History 08 Religious Tolerance and Freedom of Conscience 09 The Balkan Wars and World War I 10 Bulgarians and Jews 11 Jewish Traditions, Heritage and Community 12 How Life Was 13 Zionism And Patriotism Part 3 The Bulgarian Jews during Hitlerism 1933-1945 14 Clouds on the Horizon 15 Growing Threats 16 Escaping Anti-Semitism 17 Law for the Defense of the Nation 18 The Fox in the Chicken Coop 19 Life under the Swastika: Deteriorating Conditions 20 Jewish Forced Labor Part 4 The Final Solution and Bulgaria 21 Bulgaria Prepares for the Final Solution 22 Deportations 23 Friends and Neighbors 24 Roundups and Continued Resistance 25 Train to Treblinka 26 My Father's Injury Story 27 Between Deportations 28 Deportations and Ghettoization 29 Meanwhile in Labor Camp 30 Resistance 31 Concentration Camps 32 Game of Nerves Part 5 The Silenced Narrative of Bulgaria's Victims 33 Instincts of an Animal-Jennie Lebl's Survival Story 34 To and Through Hell and Back - Israel Behar's Survival Story 35 Burdensome to this Moment--Rudi Abarbanel's Escape Story Part 6 The Aftermath of the Holocaust 36 Rivers of Tears--After the War 1945-1948 37 We Overcame It! Bulgaria in Jaffa Part 7 The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews 38 A Myth is Born 39 "Who Saved the Jews?" 40 The Balkan Fox 41 Territory and Accountability 42 Wheeling and Dealing Memory 43 Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial Part 8 The Reclaimed Narrative 44 Reflections--Mixed Accounts 45 The Moral Lesson 46 To Be a Bulgarian Is to be a Friend Epilogue: Tribute to Decency Appendix I: List of Interviewees Appendix II: Timelines Appendix III: Further Reading Bibliography Index About the Authors
List of Figures Foreword by Omer Bartov Preface Acknowledgments 00 Introduction Part 1 Identity - Who We Are 01 The Jewish Diaspora 02 The Jews of the Iberian Peninsula 03 The Jews of the Balkans 04 Jewish Migration waves to the Balkans 05 Jewish Life 15-19th centuries Part 2 Collective Memory of the Balkan Jews 06 Multicultural Multi religious and multi ethnic Balkans 07 Shared History 08 Religious Tolerance and Freedom of Conscience 09 The Balkan Wars and World War I 10 Bulgarians and Jews 11 Jewish Traditions, Heritage and Community 12 How Life Was 13 Zionism And Patriotism Part 3 The Bulgarian Jews during Hitlerism 1933-1945 14 Clouds on the Horizon 15 Growing Threats 16 Escaping Anti-Semitism 17 Law for the Defense of the Nation 18 The Fox in the Chicken Coop 19 Life under the Swastika: Deteriorating Conditions 20 Jewish Forced Labor Part 4 The Final Solution and Bulgaria 21 Bulgaria Prepares for the Final Solution 22 Deportations 23 Friends and Neighbors 24 Roundups and Continued Resistance 25 Train to Treblinka 26 My Father's Injury Story 27 Between Deportations 28 Deportations and Ghettoization 29 Meanwhile in Labor Camp 30 Resistance 31 Concentration Camps 32 Game of Nerves Part 5 The Silenced Narrative of Bulgaria's Victims 33 Instincts of an Animal-Jennie Lebl's Survival Story 34 To and Through Hell and Back - Israel Behar's Survival Story 35 Burdensome to this Moment--Rudi Abarbanel's Escape Story Part 6 The Aftermath of the Holocaust 36 Rivers of Tears--After the War 1945-1948 37 We Overcame It! Bulgaria in Jaffa Part 7 The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews 38 A Myth is Born 39 "Who Saved the Jews?" 40 The Balkan Fox 41 Territory and Accountability 42 Wheeling and Dealing Memory 43 Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial Part 8 The Reclaimed Narrative 44 Reflections--Mixed Accounts 45 The Moral Lesson 46 To Be a Bulgarian Is to be a Friend Epilogue: Tribute to Decency Appendix I: List of Interviewees Appendix II: Timelines Appendix III: Further Reading Bibliography Index About the Authors
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