Колекция „Окръжна организация на Българска Комунистическа Партия – Пловдив“
- Kolektsiya "Okruzhna organizatsiya na Bulgarska Komunisticheska Partiya - Plovdiv"
- Records of the Regional Organization of the Bulgarian Communist Party - Plovdiv
Extent and Medium
217 a.u.
Biographical History
The Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) was created in 1903 after the split in the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party. In 1919 the party joined the Communist International and became the Bulgarian Communist Party. Since 1924 it acted illegally. In 1927 communists created the legal Workers' Party. In 1938 both parties (legal and illegal) were unified under the name of Bulgarian Workers' Party. Since 1945 the official party name was Bulgarian Workers' Party (communists), and in 1948 the party returned to its previous name (Bulgarian Communist Party).
Archival History
From the T︠S︡entralen dŭrzhaven arkhiv (Central State Archives), Bulgaria, Fond 16, Opis 1.
Scope and Content
Contains mainly letters, appeals, and telegrams sent to the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Records relate to the international and internal situation. Includes an appeal of the Jewish communists in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to Jewish workers to boycott forthcoming elections for the synagogue administration and to fight against chauvinism and religious prejudices.
Existence and Location of Copies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502215
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0