Personal documents of Zhak Avram Aslanov, from Varna, attesting to his experiences before the outbreak of the war and during the war Included in the documentation: - Matriculation certificate of Zhak Avram Aslanov, born in Varna, Bulgaria, 14/06/1906, issued by the Industrial-Trade School in Varna, 1924; - Certification of the family status of Avram Aslan, issued by the Varna municipality, 10/06/1925; - Certificates regarding the work of Zhak Avram Aslanov during his service in the Bulgarian Army reserves, 1927-1934; - Insurance certificates given to Zhak Aslanov in Varna by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labor, 1939-1930; - Notarized certificate regarding the purchase of a house in Varna by Avram Yakov Aslanov (the father of Zhak Avram Aslanov), 31/03/1932; - Confirmations of the deduction of monies from the salary of Zhak Aslanov in the "Czar Boris" factory, 1933-1934; - Various receipts, dated, 1933-1940, including a receipt confirming a payment to the "Ticha" club in Varna, 13/12/1933; - Certificate of release of Zhak Avram Aslan, who was drafted in 1926, and release from military service according to the law, 27/09/1934; order calling Zhak Avram Aslanov to present himself before the examination committee of the Bulgarian Army in Varna, 07/08/1948; - Marriage certificate of Zhak Avraham Aslanov and Suzana Sadi Ashkenazi, issued, 25/06/1939 (the original document is not clear, because it was photocopied while folded); - Confirmations of the service by Zhak Avram Aslan as a draftee in the Jewish labor battalions in 1940-1941; - Receipts confirming the payment of taxes to the Jewish community in Varna, 1940-1941; - Two certificates, dated 22/02/1941 and 12/07/1946, confirming that Avram Aslanov worked in the "Czar Boris" cotton threads factory during 11/03/1927-22/02/1941; - Requests by Zhak Avram Aslan to receive an identity card, submitted in Varna, 16/04/1941; - Certificate issued in Varna, 15/01/1947, confirming that Zhak Avram Aslanov worked in a department store in Varna, starting, 01/11/1944; - Certificate issued in Varna, confirming that the family of Zhak Avram Aslanov includes three family members, because he has a daughter who is a minor, who is entitled to benefits at his place of work, 21/11/1944; - Certificate issued in Lovech, 07/08/1943, confirming that Yako Avram Aslan from Varna, who currently resides in Preslav, participated in military training during 20/06-07/08/1943, and that he received no pay; certificate issued, 02/10/1944, confirming that Yako Avram Aslan, from work group no. 13, is a civilian who was drafted during 15/07-13/09/1944; - Certificate confirming the family status of Zhak Avram Aslan (married to Suzana Sadi Ashkenazi, and the father of Eliza Zhak Aslanova, born, 05/06/1940), issued in Varna, 11/11/1944; - Permit from the Office of Industry in Varna, given to Zhak Avram Aslanov following his request to independently manage a paper goods and packing goods factory, 16/11/1946 (the original document is not clear, because it was photocopied while folded); - Certificate issued in Varna, 05/02/1947, confirming that Avram Aslanov worked in a department store in Varna during 1924-1927, and proved himself to be a dedicated and industrious worker; - Certificate issued in Varna, 06/08/1948, confirming that Zhak Avram Aslanov was employed as a bookkeeper in a cotton and textile factory in Varna; - Certificate issued, 12/08/1948, confirming that Zhak Avram Aslanov worked in the "Kharton" ["Carton"] packaging materials cooperative [factory] in Varna during 1946-1948; Included in the file: - Stories concerning Zhak Avraham Aslanov's sisters: His sister Vicki, born in 1913, arrived to Eretz Israel in the context of the Maccabiah games in 1935; she married Yozi Kasbon, who was born in Sarajevo, and returned to Sarajevo with her husband and their son who was born in Eretz Israel; his sister Belina Belche, born in 1920, married Marko Markus Ekstein on 18/08/1941, and was later in Jasenovac, Kruscica and Loborgrad camps while she was pregnant; she gave birth in the hospital in Zagreb on 27/05/1942, and she and her baby daughter survived the Holocaust; - Envelope (without its letter), sent to Suzana Sadi Ashkenazi in Sliven by her future husband's sister in Sarajevo, 21/05/1939; - Rosh Hashana greetings, sent from Sarajevo, 22/09/1938; - Obituary notice regarding the death of Belina Belche (Aslanov) Rafael Melamed (the sister of Zhak Avram Aslanov) in Lod, at the age of 46 years; Comments by the submitter of the material (Aliza [Aslanova] Viner): Zhak and Suzana Aslanov left Varna with their daughter Aliza (born in 1940) in 1942; they returned to Varna at the end of the war. The family made aliya to Israel in 1948. Victoria (Aslanova) Aslan, the sister of Zhak Aslanov, made aliya to Eretz Israel in the context of the Maccabiah games in 1935; she married Yozi Kasbon in Eretz Israel, and returned to Sarajevo before the war with her husband and her son Moshe, who was born in Eretz Israel. She visited in Bulgaria in 1939, when Zhak and Suzana married. Victoria was in Loborgrad camp with her son and her sister Bella. Bella, who was pregnant, was transferred to a hospital in Zagreb. The fate of Victoria, Yozi and their son Moshe is unknown.