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  1. Papers of General Nikola Mikhov (Fond 427)

    Contains the diary of General Nikola Mikhov and other documents relating to the disposition of Bulgarian troops in Yugoslavia, air bombardment of Sofia, Bulgaria, and passage of German troops through Bulgaria.

  2. State Administration of Statistics (Fond 453)

    Contains census of 1934 and other statistical data related to the occupation, social situation, age, nationality, religion, language and literacy of Bulgarians. Includes a special census by population for new territories.

  3. Bulgarian Section of the League of Nations (Fond 487)

    Contains records related to antisemitism in Germany.

  4. Regional organization of the Communist Party, Sofia (Fond 18)

    Contains mainly appeals against fascism, antisemitism, and persecution of the Jews in Bulgaria. Includes an appeal from a group of Jews in Sofia, Bulgaria, to destroy fascism, to establish a government of the Fatherland Front, and to welcome the Red Army along with the Bulgarian people.

  5. Independent Workers Trade Union (Fond 38)

    Contains appeals against military preparations, military fascist government, and increasing government spending for military preparations.

  6. Justice Department (Fond 88)

    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.

  7. Records of Lyubimir Lyuchev, personal advisor to Tsar Boris III (Fond 950)

    Contains a diary, correspondence, articles, photographs, and other records of Lyubimir Lyuchev, a personal advisor to Tsar Boris III.

  8. Kan family in US postwar: at the beach

    Silver Point Beach in Rockaway, NY. Betsy on a beach blanket with several young men, including her fiancé closest to the camera. People at the beach. 01:03:17 A young man wearing glasses (Robert?) walks with a girl in a bathing suit. 01:03:24 Betsy's fiancé holds her hand to the camera and points to a ring on her finger. The two of them with Frits, walking down the boardwalk with Jeanne. Betsy walks with Frits.

  9. Papers of Peter Gabe (Fond 137)

    Contains manuscripts, notebooks, letters and newspaper clippings relating to the Jewish question, Jewish language, resettlement of Jewish families in Bulgaria, and migration of Russian Jews to agricultural colonies in Palestine.

  10. Selected records of the Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria

    Contains correspondence and other documents relating to expenses and consequences of the establishment of anti-Jewish laws and regarding ownership of real estate and houses of Jewish origin. Incudes applications for payment of compensation for the currency confiscated by the banks, 1920-1921, letters of expropriation of shares of persons of Jewish origin 1941-1943, minutes of the Council of Ministers with attached files on the basis of Article 9 of the Law Against Speculation with real estate, owned by persons of Jewish origin, 1942, 1943, orders of the Council of Ministers, and registers o...

  11. Ministry of Education (Fond 177)

    Contains a confidential letter regarding a search for Jews and an investigation about teachers who were Communist Party members.

  12. Papers of Georgiy Dimitrov (Fond 146)

    Contains notebooks from jail regarding "Mein Kampf" and studies of history and foreign languages. Also includes a part of Georgiy Dimitrov's diary, personal documents, letters, correspondence, and other records related to involvement with activities of the Communist Party.

  13. VE Day in Paris

    Scenes of massive VE day celebration. French civilians. American soldiers and WACs parading in the streets, riding on military vehicles. Wounded soldiers at the 48th General Hospital, upon hearing the news, dancing with nurses and joining in the parade. Crowds of people around Arc de Triomphe, Rue de la Paix, Place de la Concorde, and Place de l'Opera, where Gen. Charles DeGaulle made the victory announcement. Blind man playing accordion.

  14. Souvenirs de ces temps-là: 1935-1945

    Contains a memoir, 109 pages, entitled "Souvenirs de ces temps-là: 1935-1945," by Gustave Peiser.

  15. Henry Rosen collection

    The collection consists of photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Henry Rosen, originally of Buczacz, Poland (Buchach, Ukraine). The photographs depict Henry Rosen in a Polish army uniform in Krakow, Poland; his brothers Samuel and Yechiel; and Samuel’s wife Helena Rosen.

  16. New York Herald Tribune (New York, New York) [Newspaper]

    New York Herald Tribune Magazine, dated March 19, 1933, with cover illustration by J. Scott Williams and an article by Lion Feuchtwanger titled "Hitler's War on Culture"

  17. Life magazine advertisement

    Magazine advertisement from the inside front cover of Life Magazine, September 14, 1942. Multi-color image of a young girl reading a book with the caption, "These are the things we are fighting for: That a little girl may read the books her mother lived- not what a dictator decreed"

  18. Time (New York, New York) [Magazine]

    Time Magazine, October 21, 1940, with a cover illustration of the 1940 Republican presidential candidate, Wendell Willkie. Willkie made a statement about the Nazi book burning

  19. Time (New York, New York) [Magazine]

    Time magazine, dated March 15, 1943, with a drawing on the cover of Elmer Davis, director of OWI (Office of War Information), with a quote, "A free people has a right to know..."

  20. News-Week (New York, New York) [Magazine]

    News-Week magazine, dated May 27, 1933, with a photograph on the cover showing the May 10 Berlin book burning by the German Student Association