Justice Department (Fond 88)
Extent and Medium
3 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Bulgaria)
Acquisition
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.
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.
Scope and Content
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.
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.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Bulgaria)
Subjects
- Bulgaria--History--1944-1990.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Bulgaria.
- Jews, Bulgarian--Palestine.
- Jewish property--Greece.
- Jewish property--Yugoslavia.
- Jewish property--Bulgaria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Bulgaria.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Bulgaria)