Komisarstvo Evreyskite Vaprosi

Commissariat for Jewish Questions

Identifier: 478
Type of Entity: Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1940

History

The Bulgarian government created in 1940 the Komisarstvo Evreyskite Vaprosi to implement and oversee Jewish policies. The KEV was headed by Alexander Belev, an attorney just returned from Germany, where he had studied the Nuremberg Laws to help write the Zakon ze Zashtita na Natziata (Law for the Protection of the Nation). The KEV was funded by property stolen from Jews.

Places

Founded in Bulgaria.

Sources

The Holocaust : Roots, History, and Aftermath / D.M. Crowe. – Colorado, 2008. – p. 300

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Jews in Ferdinand and Nova Zagora
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 95
- English
- 1943
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: - an information on the number of people of Jewish descent from the town of Ferdinand compiled under the terms of circular letter № 5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs; - a letter from the governor of the district of Ferdinand to the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs on the implementation of the restrictions of circular letter №5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs; - a letter from the governor of the district of Nova Zagora to the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs on the implementation of the restrictions of circular letter №5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affair...
Jews in Karnobat
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 164
- English
- 1943
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains a list of people of Jewish descent from Karnobat, compiled on the basis of circular letter № 5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs.
Jews in Russe
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 92
- English
- 1943
- Not available.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: - a letter from the delegate of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs at the Jewish community of Russe to the Commissioner for Jewish Affairs on the compilation of a list on the basis of circular letter № 5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs; - a list of people of Jewish descent from Russe, compiled on the basis of circular letter № 5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs.
Jews in Vidin
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 85
- English
- 1943
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains a list of people of Jewish descent from Vidin compiled on the basis of circular letter № 5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs.
Jews in Yambol
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 98
- English
- 1943
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains a list of prominent, rich and not trustworthy people of Jewish descent from Yambol compiled on the basis of circular letter № 5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs.
Lists of from Sofia internally deported persons
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 102-108
- English
- 1943
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: - a circular letter of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs to the delegates of the Jewish communities with instructions on the compilation of the list of the daily deported people of Jewish descent to different towns and a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Pazardzhik; - a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Lom; - a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Vidin; - a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Chirpan; - a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Kazanlak and Vidin; - a letter f...
Lists of Jews Arrested and Deported to Samovit
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 46
- English
- 1943
- Not available.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: - a list of Jews arrested in Sofia and deported to Samovit; - a list of Jews deported to Samovit.
Lists of Jews from Haskovo
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 96
- English
- 1943
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: - a list of people of Jewish descent from Haskovo to be deported under the terms of circular letter № 5712 of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs; - a letter of St. Pekrov, commandant of the Police department at Haskovo and a delegate of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs to the Commissioner for Jewish Affairs on the compilation of a list of rich and notable Jews from Haskovo; - a list of notables and rich people of Jewish descent from Haskovo.
Lists of Jews in Xanthi and Gyumyurdzhina
1. O.13 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Bulgaria, mainly from the Holocaust period
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 5088256
- English, Hebrew
- Typewritten 31 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Lists of Jews in Xanthi and Gyumyurdzhina - List of 149 Jewish families from Xanthi including 539 inter-related people; - List of 260 Jewish families from Gyumyurdzhina with 832 people.
Lists of the Jews in Petrich
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 88
- English
- 1943
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: - a letter from K. P. Batalov, governor of the district of Petrich to the Commissioner for Jewish Affairs on the number of the Jewish population in Petrich under the terms of circular letter of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs; - a list of people of Jewish descent resident in Petrich and the district.
Lists of to-be-deported and deported Jews
1. Комисарство по Еврейските Въпроси
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 3
- English
- 1943-1944
- Unavailable.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: a List of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Berkovitsa; a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Gorna Dzhumaya; a List of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Berkovitsa; a List of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia and Kazanlak to Vratsa; a List of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia and Stara Zagora to Lukovit; a List of people of Jewish descent from the Sofia and Kazanlak, deported to Haskovo; a List of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Vratsa; a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia t...
People of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Shumen
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 109
- English
- 1943
- Not available.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains: - a letter from the delegate of the Jewish community at Shumen to the Commissioner for Jewish Affairs on the number of Jews deported in August from Sofia to Shumen; - a list of people of Jewish descent deported from Sofia to Shumen.
People of Jewish descent deported from Stara Zagora or South Bulgaria.
1. Еврейски документи и старопечатни издания
- Централен държавен архив
- опис 1, a.e. 94
- English
- 1943
- Not available.
- Updated 6 years ago
It contains letter from Yaroslav Kalitsin, head of the Administrative Department of the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs to: - the delegate of the Commissariat at the Jewish community of Ferdinand on the arrival of 200 people of Jewish descent from different towns of South Bulgaria to Ferdinand; - the delegate of the Commissariat at the Jewish community of Razgrad on the arrival of 4000 people of Jewish descent from different towns of South Bulgaria to Razgrad. It contains letters from Aleksandar Belev, Commissioner for Jewish Affairs, to: - the district governor of Novi Pazar on the deporta...
Комисарство по Еврейските Въпроси
- Commissariat for Jewish Questions
- Komisarstvo po Evreyskite Vuprosi
- Централен държавен архив
- фонд 190К
- English
- 1942-1945
- Unavailable.
- Updated 5 years ago
Contains personal files; lists of the real estate property of Jews; lists of persons of Jewish origin; bank inventories and receipts for deposited Jewish property; correspondence regarding Jewish rights and duties, the payment of taxes by Jews, the expropriation and sale of Jewish property, the “New Territories” of Thrace and Macedonia, and the establishment of ghettos; announcements of actions for the sale of expropriated Jewish property; an agreement for the initial deportation of 20,000 Jews; reports on the rounding up and resettlement of Jews; plans for temporary concentration camps; na...

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