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      <p><![CDATA[The Seventh Panel of the People's Court dealt with accusations against those who had been responsible for the anti-Jewish policy during the war and its implementation. Among those tried were Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV) officials, guards, the staff in the forced labor camps and others. There are 12 files in the Record Group, each one of which contains documentation regarding one day's court sitting. The files were adjudicated between 16 March 1945 (Court Sitting Number 9) and 31 March 1945 (Court Sitting Number 20).]]></p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 9 in Sofia, 16 March 1945</unittitle>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 9 in Sofia, 16 March 1945 Proceedings from the seventh panel of the court (for the judgement of the anti-Semites) 16 March 1945 (pp. 720-834 in the court session proceedings) - List of 51 witnesses some who did not appear; - Testimony of 13 witnesses: 1. Dimo Kazasov (Righteous Among the Nations), the Minister; 2. Menahem Faionov, the lawyer; 3. Grigor Cheshmedzhiev, the Minister; 4. Isak Fransez, the lawyer; 5. Dr. Iosif Confino- functioned as a physician on the deportation trains with the Jews of Thrace from Simitli to Gorna Dzhumaya; 6. Zhak Natan - transport of 100 Jewish families to Chehlare in place of the partisan families who were deported from there; regarding the labor battalions; regarding the difficult conditions in Ihtiman and more; 7. Rabbi Daniel Zion- protest demonstration, 24 May 1943, job of , the Somovit concentration camp and more; 8. Rabbi Dr. Asher Hananel - his connections with the king, letter of protest against the Law for the Protection of the People, the events of 24 May 1943 in the synagogue in Yuch Bunar, the delegation of Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan and Ms. Karavelova, his visit to the Swiss Consulate with Shapuisa, Redar and other Red Cross representatives, deportation of the Jews from Sofia to the outlying city of Somovit and the camp there, activities of the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV) clerks Popov, Pavlova, Yonchev, Miziev Ovcharov and Stomanyakov, the fire in Tabakova Cheshma and more; 9. Dr. Mindizov - accompanied the Thracian Jews from Lom to Vienna; 10. Colonel Avram Tadzher - his assistance to Bulgarian minorities in the Congress of Minorities in Geneva, 1918, history of his family and their role in the struggle for Bulgarian independence; 11. Manoah Avram Levi - regarding the restrictions in the life of the Jews in Vratsa; 12. Rebeka Israel Benvenisti - deportation of her family in Melnik and the death of her husband in the camp near Pleven; 13. Avram Seliktar - deportation of the Jews from Sofia to Kazanlak and Ferdinand, and the acceptance of aid from the local population.]]></p>
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          <geogname>Lom,Vratsa,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <geogname>Pazardzhik,Plovdiv,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Demir,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;</geogname>
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          <geogname>Ferdinand,Vratsa,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 10 in Sofia, 17 March 1945</unittitle>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 10 in Sofia, 17 March 1945 Proceedings of Session No.10 (pp. 835-911 several court proceedings); Testimonies of 17 witnesses: 1. Attorney Neyko Neykov - L. Panitsa, M. Pavlova Stomania, clerks in the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); 2. Natan Grinberg - deportation of Jews from Macedonia and Thrace, rescues in Kavala and Skopie; activities of Kalitzin as the assistant KEV director and his connections with the German Embassy in Sofia; regarding Zahari Velkov and Borislav Tasev; activities of Slavcho Yonchev in Kavala, Kazanlik and Sofia; activities of Paytashev in Dupnitsa, activities of Popov in Radomir and Sofia, activities of Dzhambazov in Bitolia, activities of Dobrevski in Somovit; the corruption in the KEV and more; 3. Haim Eshkenazi - the Somovit camp and the assistance provided by the local population; 4. Todor Venev - branch manager of the National Bulgarian Bank in Xanthi during the war- deportation of the Jews from the city; 5. Nissim Benzion; 6. Hristo Lazarov, responsible for supplying the food in the temporary camp in Xanthi; 7. Buko Nissim Fransez - corruption of the KEV clerk Pencho Lukov in Sofia; 8. Boris Aaron Tadzher - against Slavcho Hadzhi-Yonchev, the KEV representative in Sofia, corruption in KEV; 9. Petar Radev - deportation of the Jews of Dede Agach; 10. Harizan Harizanov - condition of the Jews from Kavala during the deportation; 11. Nissim Kyoso - deportation of the Jews of Drama via Demir- Hisar, Simtli, the Gorna Dzhumaya camp; the clerks Popov, Kalitzin, Ovcharov and Colonel Shonkin; 12. Hristo Atanasov, the Red Cross representative in Demir-Hisar - testimony against Ovcharov, the KEV representative and the condition of the Jews there; 13. Liza Krispin - corruption of the clerk Bakardzhiev; 14. Mois Haim Eshua - the deportation from Pirot, the temporary camp and Bakardzhiev, the KEV representative; 15. Iosif Isak Lev - the deportation from Pirot and abuse of the women; 16. Sami Meranda - the temporary camp in Pirot and abuse of the women perpetrated by the police commander Pushkapev, mayor Gergi Popov and the clerk Bakardzhiev; data regarding the possessions and the money stolen from the Jews and more; 17. The engineer Elias Isak Behar - behavior of Popov and other KEV clerks during the evacuation of the Jews from Sofia, behavior of the engineer Ivan Gesharov in the labor battalion in Ihtiman and more.]]></p>
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          <subject>Volksgerichte</subject>
          <subject>Ski</subject>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000934">Ovcharov Atanas</persname>
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          <geogname>Kavala,Kavalla,Macedonia,Greece</geogname>
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          <geogname>Pirot,&lt;&gt;,Serbia North,Yugoslavia</geogname>
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          <geogname>Bitolja,&lt;&gt;,Serbia South - Macedonia,Yugoslavia</geogname>
          <geogname>Drama,Drama,Macedonia,Greece</geogname>
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          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Thrace,Greece</geogname>
          <geogname>Skopje,&lt;&gt;,Serbia South - Macedonia,Yugoslavia</geogname>
          <geogname>Somovit,Pleven,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.11 in Sofia, 19 March 1945</unittitle>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.11 in Sofia, 19 March 1945 Testimonies of 13 witnesses: 1. Yako Baruh - regarding the events that occured in Kyustendil and Sofia, March 1943, rescue delegation, activities of Dimitar Peshev and others in the Parliament, reactions of Gabrovski and cancellation of the deportation in Kyustendil, arresting the Jews in Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, and Sliven; activities of Stomanyakov in Kyustendil; 2. Nastya Isakova - Popov and Slavi Pantev, the clerks in the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); 3. Ivan Rokov; 4. David Isak Yeroham - Somovit camp and Lom to which his family was deported; 5. Mayer Aron Moskona - deportation of the Jews from Seres and his work as a physician in the labor battalions near Pleven under the command of Kolevski, 1943; 6. Svetoslav Petrov Nikolov, the KEV clerk - treatment of staff by Belev, corruption in the KEV, activities of Lukov, Panitsa, Popova, Ovcharov, Popov, Paitashev, Dobrevski, and Padarev; 7. Stefana Stefanova Georgieva - KEV clerk (the clerks Popov, Draganov and Pavlova are also mentioned); 8. Nissim Davidov - deportation of the Jews from Xanthi and the camps in Xanthi and Dupnitsa; 9. Simon German Markus - deportation of the Jews to the outlying cities, sales of objects from the synagogue in Kavala and Dimotika in the marketplaces of the city and more; 10.Eliezer Alkalay - Somovit camp and the treatment of Popov, the clerk, toward Alkalay's family duirng the deportation from Sofia; 11. Ms. Alkalay - camp life in Pleven including the fire; 12. Vera Sheygunova, the KEV clerk - the clerks Pavlova, Panitsa, Yonchev, Popov, and Paytashev; 13. Meshulam Aron Bali - life in labor battalion no.16, and Alexi, the commander, in Transka Klisura, 1942.]]></p>
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          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="505">Transit camps</subject>
          <subject>Aliya Bet</subject>
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          <subject>Regulations</subject>
          <subject>Ski</subject>
          <subject>Jewish physicians with the partisans in Ukraine during World War II</subject>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000305">Peshev Dimitar</persname>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000741">Khristo Stomaniakov</persname>
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          <geogname>Transka Klisura,Camp,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <geogname>Sliven,Burgas,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Seres,Serrai,Macedonia,Greece</geogname>
          <geogname>Plovdiv,Plovdiv,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Russe,Shumen,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Pleven,Camp,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Pazardzhik,Plovdiv,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Lom,Vratsa,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <geogname>Dupnitsa,Sofia,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Dimotika,Evros,Thrace,Greece</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,British Mandate for Palestine</geogname>
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          <genreform>Protocol</genreform>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.12 in Sofia, 20 March 1945</unittitle>
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119 pages/frames</physdesc>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.12 in Sofia, 20 March 1945 Testimonies of 34 witnesses: 1. Solomon Nissim Aladzhem - forced labor, deportation of his family to Shumen, arrest, threats, being beaten by Stariradev and others; 2. Yosif Nisimov Yosifov - the clerks Stariradev and Tasev; 3. Marsel Izrael Confino - bribe given to Miziev; 4. Hristo Slavov Hristov - clerk in Skopie during the deportation of the Jews; 5. Kosta Nikolov Rusinov - confiscation of Jewish-owned property; 6. Levy - condition of the Jews in Plovdiv, restrictions, stealing of Jewish-owned property, deportation of Jews to Somovit and Chehlare; 7. Avram Simando Beraha - released as a witness; 8. Dimitar Vasilev Dimitrov - selling of Jewish-owned property in violation of the law; 9. Natan Goldstein - bribe given to the physician in exchange for a permit allowing Goldstein's wife to remain in Sofia; 10. Veneamin Yakov Weisberg - work battalion, the camp in Sveti Vrach, 1943, arrival of the deportees from Thrace and Macedonia; behavior of the commander Pavlov, acceptance of bribes from the rich and more; 11. Nissim Leon Pardo - his arrest with another 700 Jews, 24 April 1943, the fire in the Pleven camp and how the clerk Zimriev responded to the fire; 12. Zlato Hristov Atanasov - deportation of the Jews from Seres, March 1943; 13. Todor Lulchev, supervisor over the temporary camp in Skopie during the deportation of the Jews - condition of the Jews in the camp, Maria Pavlova, Peyo Draganov and Angel Cherkezov, mayor of Drama; 14. Nikolay Drazhev - regarding Angel Cherkezov and the visit of Beckerle in the city of Drama; 15. Hristo Drenski - protest of Raev against the treatment of the Jews in Skopie and more; 16. Beniamin Yakov Petrikovski, physician in the labor battalion in Zvanichevo - the commander Georgi Chalamov and life in the camp; 17. Yosif Samuel Yosif - bribe given to Ivan Miziev to change the city selected for deportation; 18. Attorney Jack Eshkenazi - labor battalions in Belovo; 19. Yosif Benvenisti - his arrest and treatment by Stariradev and Markov; 20. Stariradev - David Benvenisti and Markov; 21. Liza Gavriel Alves 22. Bohor Yakov Yosif 23. Yosif Eshkenazi - testimony against Kozarovin, an agent for the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); 24. Jack Bohor Menahemov - confiscation of the store belonging to Menahemov by Boris Naumov, a friend of Belev, the KEV director; 25. Max Aron Eshkenazi - labor battalions in Staro Oriahovo near Varna and the treatment of the labor battalions by Colonel Atanasov; 26. Solomon Kaneti - labor battalion no.16 in Transka Klisura; 27. Maria Yancheva; 28. Hazarya Aledzhem - theft by the associates of Belev; 29. Nadezhda Petkova; 30. Georgi Mitkov - information regarding KEV clerks; 31. Stariradev, Markov - Samuil David Meranda and others in Shumen; 32. Kemal Tantzier Rakov; 33. Jack Olivenbaum - labor battalion in Ihtiman and the behavior of the engineer Gesharov; 34. Yomtov Almozlino.]]></p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 13 in Sofia, 21 March 1945</unittitle>
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          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1945-03-21 -</unitdate>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 13 in Sofia, 21 March 1945 Testimonies of 50 witnesses: 1. Nisim Aron Papo - the work battalion in Zvanichevo, 1943; 2. Yakob (Zhak) Mordohay Shaul - closure of his store by Ivan Neofitov; 3. Dimitar Kozhuharov; 4. Zhak Pinkas Sarfati; 5. David Isak Samuilov - testimony against the bank teller Yordan Markov; 6. Moni Zaharia Levi - testimony against Stamboldzhiev; 7. Elia Menahem - testimony against the lawyer Boyan Mihov; 8. Samuil Panizhel who was deported to Shumen - testimony against Stariradev and Markov, the National Bank tellers, policemen, and other clerks in Shumen; 9. Menashe Ovadia Germanov - testimony against Borislav Tasev regarding the arrest of Menashe Ovadia Germanov, May 1942 and deportation to Gorna Dzhumaya; 10. Ester Mechi Konforti - testimony against Stamboldzhiev; 11. Ester Zhak Levi - testimony against Stamboldzhiev; 12. Elia Rahamim Beraha - bribing Yosif Vatev to be allowed to remain in Sofia; 13. Tamara Aron Beraha; 14. Baruh Moshe Nahmel - testimony against Stoyanchevski, a clerk in the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); 15. Yosif Bohor Benbasat; 16. Stefan Trifonov - the behavior of Stariradev and Markov in Shumen; 17. Yakov Avram Rot - closure of his barber shop by Neofitov; 18. Greta Rahamim Shimshon - detention by the police and regarding the agent Kozarov; 19. Nisim Isak Levi - labor battalion in Zvanichevo and testimony against the commander Georgi Chalamov; 20. Todorka Dobreva; 21. Mois Yosif Lereia - closure of his business by Stamboldzhiev; 22. Isak Nisim Tadjer - closure of his business by A. Zabunov; 23. Jack David Albelli - labor battalion in Gorna Oryahovitsa, 1943 and testimony against the commander Toshkov; 24. Rafael Pirov (regarding the closure of his business by Slavi Zlatev); 25. Haim Isak Gavrilov - the labor battalion in Transka Klisura and testimony against A. Ivanchev Shonkin; 26. David M. Yosif - closure of his business by Boyan Mihov; 27. Ruben Benbasat - closure of his business by Alexander Staliyski and Boyan Mihov; 28. Avram Shentov - closure of his business by Boyan Mihov; 29. Fioreta Menahem Fayonova - the camp in Somovit and how Dobrevski functioned; 30. Isak Nahim Elizaro - closure of his business by Boyan Mihov; 31. David Bohor Aladzhem - closure of his business by Boyan Mihov; 32. Lyuben Grancharov; 33. Haim Eshua Gerazi - closure of his business by Ivan Neofitov; 34. Marko David Ovadia - deportation of the Jews from Sofia to Kazanlak and from there to other cities and the behavior of the clerk Yonchev; 35. Shimon Avram Shimon - the labor battalion in Zvanichevo, 1943 and testimony against Georgi Chalamov; 36. Aron Yosif Kalish - the labor battalion in Lovech and testimony against Colonel Kolevski; 37. Isak Avram Melamed - testimony against Colonel Kolevski in Lovech and Gesharov in Ihtiman; 38. Asher Nisim Farhi - labor battalion #6 in Lovech and testimony against Colonel Kolevski; 39. Salvador Rafailov Siliko - testimony against Colonel Kolevski; 40. Shalom Bohor Isak - testimony against Colonel Kolevski and Skachokov; 41. Leon Isakov Shapchiyski - testimony against Colonel Kolevski; 42. Andor Franz Sakeli - testimony against Colonel Kolevski and regarding the work battalion group #7 in which he served; 43. Mayer Mandil - testimony against commanders Kolevsk and Toshkov in the camp near Gorna Oryahovitsa; 44. Aron Sabetay Aron - testimony against Kolevski and regarding group #5 in Lovetch, 1943; 45. Merkado David Koen - regarding the behavior of Toshkov; 46. Herzen Eshua Levi - testimony against Toshkov and Skachkov; 47. David Benyamin Heskia - testimony against Toshkov; 48. Leon David Ruben - behavior of Toshkov and Skachkov in Dolna Orishovitsa, 1943; 49. Avram Haim Farhi - behavior of Toshkov in Dolna Orishovitsa, 1943; 50. Avram Moshe Elazara - behavior of Toshkov in Dolna Orishovitsa, 1943.]]></p>
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          <subject>Concentration Camps</subject>
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          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Poland</geogname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.14 in Sofia, 22 March 1945</unittitle>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.14 in Sofia, 22 March 1945 Testimonies from 31 witnesses: 1. Mariyka Behar regarding the fire in the camp near Pleven and testimony implicating Zimriev, the accused, as the arsonist; 2. Isak Rozanes head of the Jewish community in Vidin, regarding the condition of the Jews in the city after the arrival of the deportees from Sofia, 1943; 3. Buko Isakov, drafted as a physician in Samokov and Kavala, regarding the deportation of the Jews from Kavala; 4. Ruben Nisim Levi - testimony against Gesharov, the engineer in Ihtiman, 1943; 5. Leon Levi - testimony against Gesharov, the engineer in Ihtiman; 6. Leon Semo - testimony against Gesharov, the engineer in Ihtiman; 7. Izrael David Tzemah - testimony against Gesharov, the engineer in Ihtiman; 8. Daniel Simon Bidzherano - testimony against Gesharov, the engineer in Ihtiman; 9. Eliezer Mois Benaroya - testimony against Gesharov, the engineer in Ihtiman; 10. Isak Deba - regarding the labor battalion in Belitsa near Sveti Vrach, 1943 and testimony against the commander Pinalov; 11. Karl David Gatenyo from Drama - testimony against Kosta Pinalov; 12. Jack Solomon Tadjer - regarding the labor battalions in Svishtov and testimony against the commander Kolevski; 13. Sami Moshe Levi - regarding the labor battalions in Svishtov, 1944 and testimony against the commanders Kolevski and Skachkov; 14. Peretz Haim Peretz; 15. Mois Avram Koen; 16. Avram Mayer Levi; 17. Albert Leon Mashiah; 18. Shaul Nisim Shaulov - testimony against Chalamov, the labor battalion commander in Zvanichevo; 19. Sami Haimov Alsheh - testimony against Kolevski in Lovech, 1943 and against Yonchev; 20. David Yosif Davidov - testimony against Pavlov, the commander of the labor battalions in Marikostino near Petrich; 21. Albert Baruh - testimony against Pavlov, the commander of the labor battalions in Marikostino near Petrich; 22. Vasil Petrov Delibaltov - regarding the closure of the Jewish-owned business by Ivan Mihov, the lawyer; 23. Mariyka Mihail Moyseeva - testimony against Todor Zabunov; 24. Rashel Nisim Kanoi - regarding the closure of the Jewish-owned business by Ivan Mihov, the lawyer; 25. Haim Avram Ovadia - regarding the closure of the Jewish-owned business by Ivan Mihov, the lawyer; 26. Vasil Pavlov - testimony against Zlatev, the clerk; 27. Moritz Yakov Goldstein - testimony against Boris Naumov; 28. Yosif Moshe Mashiah (testimony against Boris Naumov); 29. Yako Avram Sidi - testimony against Zabunov; 30. Izrael Marko Rozenfeld - testimony against Zabunov; 31. Menahem Isak Koen from Solun - regarding the selection and the crematoria in Aushwitz.]]></p>
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          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="562">Torture</subject>
          <subject>Volksgerichte</subject>
          <subject>גניבת רכוש</subject>
          <subject>Hunger-related diseases</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="518">Deportation from Bulgaria</subject>
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          <subject>Concentration Camps</subject>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000795">Zimriev Liuben</persname>
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          <geogname>Drama,Drama,Macedonia,Greece</geogname>
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          <geogname>Ikhtiman,Sofia,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Aushvitz,Biala Malopolska,Krakow,Poland</geogname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.15 in Sofia, 23 March 1945</unittitle>
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103 pages/frames</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1945-03-23 -</unitdate>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.15 in Sofia, 23 March 1945 Testimonies of 48 witnesses: 1. Menahem Isak Koen - continuation of his testimony from Court Session No. 14, regarding the stages of the deportation of the Jews from Solun and its surroundings, the Lavozno camp, the Blehaner camp and Auschwitz; 2. Shentov Danon - behavior of Lonchev, Zahari Velkov and Kalitzin from the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); drafted to Lovech and Staro Oryahovo near Varna; 3. Petko Lalovski - prosecutor in Gyumyurdzhina during the war - deportation of the Jews from the city, the KEV representative, Dobrevski, transit camp in Dupnitsa; 4. Haim Bakish - behavior of the clerk Pavlova in Pasarel; 5. Haim Mashiah - behavior of the clerk Pavlova in Pasarel; 6. Dimitar Avramov - a converted Jew - behavior of the clerk Pavlova in Pasarel and testimony against Boris Naumov; 7. Sharlota Sigizmund Mateeva - the deportation to Somovit; 8. Rahamim Bohor Liyachi - testimony against Ignat Petkov; 9. Solomon Kadmon drafted as a pharmacist in Gyumyurdzhina - activities of Dobrevski, the KEV representative during the deportation of the Jews from the city, arrest of Kadmon in Drama and his transfer to the Dupnitsa camp; 10. Yordan Raynov, mayor of Gyumyurdzhina, regarding deportation of the Jews from the city; 11. Rahamimov drafted as a physician - the transit camp in Xanti and deportation of the Jews from the city of Kalitzin, behavior of Klechkov, the mayor of Paytashev, in the Dupnitsa camp and more; 12. Vitali Haimov - behavior of Popov, Stomanyakov and Pavlova; 13. Marko Isak Merkado - testimony against Borislav Tasev, the KEV agent, and regarding the deportation to Somovit camp; 14. Todor Mihaylov - deportation of the Jews of Kavala; 15. Nisim Bohor Alfandari - the fire in the Kaylaka camp; 16. Leon Samuil Levi - the fire in the Kaylaka camp, circumstances surrounding his behavior and that of Zimriev; 17. Nisim Samuil Levi - testimony against the agent Borislav Tasev; 18. Kalina Chelebi Eshkenazi -the fire in the Kaylaka camp; 19. Chelebi Eshkenazi - regarding Zimriev and the fire in the Kaylaka camp; 20. Sharlota David Alkalay from Dupnitsa - Kaylaka camp; 21. Robert Mois Rubenov - testimony against Zimriev; 22. Gavriel Meranda - testimony against Stariradev and Markov in Shumen; 23. Haim Buko Levi from Dupnitsa - the fire in the Kaylaka camp, and testimony against Zimriev; 24. Bito Naftali Mizrahi - testimony against Stariradev and Markov in Shumen; 25. Eliezer Gavriel Koen - testimony against Stariradev and Markov; 26. Isak Yako Shtaynberg - testimony against Gesharov in the labor battalion in Ihtiman, 1944; 27. Buko Samuil Mizrahi - testimony against Stariradev and Markov in Shumen; 28. Vito Samuil Mizrahi - testimony against Stariradev and Markov in Shumen; 29. Nisim Samuil Geron - testimony against Stariradev and Markov in Shumen; 30. Solomon Rafael Pilosof; 31. Isak David Reyna; 32. Haim Yeroham Mezan; 33. Naftali Bohor Eshkenazi; 34. Isak Daniel Isakov - behavior of the commander Ivanchev in the labor battalion in Transka Klisura, 1942; 35. Yosif Elia Reytan - behavior of the commander Ivanchev in the labor battalion in Transka Klisura, 1942; 36. Sami Yosif Adito - testimony against Commander Pinalov; 37. Vitali Struntza - testimony against Commander Pinalov; 38. Mois Aron Franko - testimony against Commander Pinalov; 39. Mois Lazar Mezan - testimony against Commander Pavlov in Sveti Vrach / Belitsa, 1943, Commander Atanasov in Kostinbrod, 1942 and against Colonel Halachev; 40. David Bohor Madzhar - testimony against Commander Pavlov; 1942; 41. Isak Kalderon - testimony against Commander Pavlov; 42. Eliezer Isak Alkalay - testimony against Commander Pavlov; 43. Marko Yakov Mordehay - testimony against the officer Atanasov; 44. Marko Bohor Soref - testimony against Commander Pavlov; 45. Mordo Yosif Azhi - testimony against Commander Shonkin; 46. Sabetay Nisim Karadavid - testimony against Commander Pavlov and his aid Galabov; 47. Yosif Yako Aladzhem - testimony against the engineer Gesharov in the labor battalion in Ihtiman; 48. Izidor De Kalo - testimony against the engineer Gesharov in the labor battalion in Zvanichevo, 1944.]]></p>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000794">Pavlova Maria</persname>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000095">Dobrevski Ilia</persname>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000864">Tasev Borislav</persname>
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          <geogname>Zvanichevo,Camp,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <geogname>Pazardzhik,Plovdiv,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Lovech,Pleven,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.16 in Sofia, 24 March 1945</unittitle>
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          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1945-03-24 -</unitdate>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.16 in Sofia, 24 March 1945 Testimonies of 55 witnesses: 1. Stoil Stefanov - appointment of Stomanyakov as director of the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV), 1943; 2. Nili Shpeter - the clerk Peyu Draganov and his treatment of the Jews; 3. Dabev Druzhelyub - economic crimes committed by Ignat Vasilev, Pavel Traykov and Zlatev; 4. Ignat Anev; 5. Adolf Haimov - assistance provided by KEV agent Kozarov to Buko Levi who was hidden at the home of Adolf Haimov; 6. David Lidzhi - treatment of the Jews by Stomanyakov; 7. Boris Bozukov - deportation of the Jews from Kavala and the part that Slavcho Yonchev played in the deportation; 8. Aron Mois Koen, a political inmate in the Enikyoy camp, the Gonda Voda camp and the Sveti Kirik camp - testimony against Pavlova and Svetoslav Nikolov; 9. Hristo Vuchkov - assistance provided by the accused Padarev to the laborers in a military factory, summer 1944; 10. Natan Shpeter - assistance provided by the physician Vatev during the deportation of the Jews from Sofia; 11. Stefan Notev - testimony against Pencho Lukov; 12. Buko Levi - his relations with Lilyana Panitza and her assistance in relaying information regarding the deportation plans for the Jews of Sophia, 10-12 March 1943, the Dannecker-Belev Agreement and more; 13. Elin Pelin the author - testimony on behalf of his nephew KEV clerk Zahari Velkov and meeting with the king regarding the deportation of the Jews; 14. Stefan Stanchev; 15. Vera Zalatareva; 16. Gizela Bernshtain, a Jew who converted to Christianity - testimony on behalf of Ivan Popov who helped her and other Jews; 17. Apostol Apostolov, a National Bank clerk - testimony on behalf of the accused Miziev from before Miziev started working for the KEV; 18. Zhak Alkalay - behavior of Skachkov, the commander of the work battalion in Gorna Oryahovitsa; 19. Zhak Haimov - behavior of Pavlova; 20. Yosif Basan, a member of the Central Consistory of the Jews- his meetings with the clerk Pencho Lukov; 21. Gancho Ganchovski - testimony regarding Stamboldzhiev; 22. Vasil Ivanov Marelov - testimony regarding Todor Atanasov who was dismissed from his job for helping the Jews; 23. Hristo Bosnev - testimony regarding Pencho Lukov and Colonel Mumdzhiev; 24. Samuel Yakov Danon - attacks on Jews by the members of the Legion and Ratnik organizations, life in the labor battalions in Lovech, 1943 and the behavior of the commander Kolevski; 25. Rudolf Refetov who was drafted in Rupel / Sveti Vrach, 1943 - visits by Colonel Mumdzhiev to the labor battalion and the medical review committee that granted exemptions to 120-130 of the 150-160 Jews; behavior of Parashkev Yordanov; 26. Physician Stamboliev; 27. Iliya Nenchev - testimony regarding Georgi Dzhambazov, KEV representative in Bitolia - deportation of the Jews from the city, behavor of the Bulgarian clerks and more; 28. Georgi Alexandrov Velinov - testimony regarding Ivan Popov and Ovcharov; 29. Yosif Yasharov (regarding the behavior of Stoian Valchev - KEV representative in Pleven); 30. Mois Madzhar (regarding Yarosrav Kalitzin - KEV representative in Sofia, and events of 24 May 1943); 31. Veniamin Isak Araf (regarding Pencho Lukov and deportation to Boboshevo); 32. Slavka Boynozova - a police clerk in Gyumyurdzhina (regarding the deporation of the Gyumyurdzhina Jews, and the behavior of the clerk Kostova and Dobrevski); 33. Nikolina Zadgorska - a police clerk in Gyumyurdzhina (regarding the deportation of the Gyumyurdzhina Jews and the behavior of Dobrevski); 34. Ms. Shimshon (regarding Dobrevski, Ivan Popov and Kalitzin); 35. Soli Albert Koen; 36. Gavrail Kalov - a Jew who converted to Christianity (testimony on behalf of Atanas Ovcharov); 37. Sami Haim Nisimov (testimony on behalf of Atanas Ovcharov); 38. Beniamin Elias Yakov (testimony on behalf of Paytashev); 39. Ivan Georgiev (testimony on behalf of Ivan Popov); 40. Ana Frid (testimony on behalf of Ivan Popov); 41. Zhak Benaroya (regarding Lilyana Panitza) 42. Yosif David Konforti (testimony against Zlatev); 43. Aron Sidi (regarding Maria Pavlova); 44. Sofka Kemal Asa (testimony on behalf of Kozarov); 45. Ivan Nikiforov (regarding the activities of Georgi Dzhambazov before and while working as the KEV representative in Bitolia); 46. Marko Rahamimov (regarding Peyu Draganov and his activities in Pazardzhik, 1942); 47. Boris Dobrev (regarding Peyu Draganov); 48. Mara Popovich; 49. Nisim Levi Arueti; 50. Zhak Sabitay Sami (testimony against Skachkov - commander of the labor battalion in Svishtov, 1944); 51. Buko Kakum (testimony on behalf of the mayor of Pleven and the KEV representative in the city of Stoyan Valkov); 52. Asen Georgiev (regarding Shonkin - commander of the labor battalion in the Alexandrovo train station); 53. Georgi Popov (regarding the lawyer Boyan Mihov and Slavcho Popov); 54. Samuil Aron (regarding the officer Atanasov and his assistance during the deportation from Sofia to Stara Zagora); 55. Valdemar Robert Meerson (regarding the fire in the Pleven camp and the role of Zimriev).]]></p>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000088">Dannecker, Theodor</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000095">Dobrevski Ilia</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000741">Khristo Stomaniakov</persname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.17 in Sofia, 26 March 1945</unittitle>
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162 pages/frames</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1945-03-26 -</unitdate>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.17 in Sofia, 26 March 1945 Testimonies of 57 witnesses: 1. Stefan Velichkov - testimony on behalf of Padarev, the accused; 2. Vasil Hadzhivasilev - regarding the circumstances surrounding the fire in the Padarev camp; 3. Velizar Panayotov - regarding the activities of M. Pavlova in the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV); 4. Bernard Rozenfeld - regarding the behavior of Markov, Stariradev and others in Shumen, release of the brother of the witness from the Thracian deportation transport with the assistance of the lawyer Ichkov; 5.Benzion Yakov Kalov - regarding the Jews of Berkovitsa and their lives after the arrival of Dobrevski: restrictions on movement, transfer of Jews to houses without floors and electricity and more; 6. General Asen Cholakov (res.) - regarding the opinions of Borikov, the accused - Musevich against the Society of Free Masons; 7. Asen Stefanov Stoyanov - regarding Borikov - Musevich; 8. Kosta Ivanov - regarding the opinions of Borikov, the accused- Musevich against the Society of Free Masons; 9. David Sabitay Grasiani - regarding the causes of the fire in the Pleven camp and Zimriev; 10. Zhak Gershon - regarding the causes of the fire in the Pleven camp, opinions of Valchev and more; 11. Dora Albert Kamhi; 12. Sabitay Haskia Levi - regarding the favorable treatment [of Jews] by Stoyan Valchev, mayor and KEV representative of Pleven; 13. Zhak Levi, head of the community of Plovdiv - regarding the labor battalions, 1941, favorable treatment [of Jews] by Colonel Mumdzhiev; 14. Chelebi Baruh - regarding the favorable treatment [of Jews] by Mumdzhiev who replaced Pavlov in Belitsa; 15. Yosif Merkado - regarding the favorable treatment [of Jews] by Mumdzhiev; 16. Nikola Sarmadzhiev, the engineer - regarding the activities of Mumdzhiev; 17. Hristo Rogozarov - regarding the activities of Mumdzhiev; 18. Dimitar Granchev - regarding the assistance that Ivan Popov gave to the Communists in the Bulgarian Army; 19. Roza Yakova - regarding the cruel treatment of the deported Jews from Thrace by Ovcharov, the KEV representative, at the Demir Hisar station; 20. Panayot Grancharov - regarding the assistance that Viktor Ichkov, the accused gave to the Communists and poor people in the Gorna Dzhumaya; 21. Vasilii Hristu - regarding instances of assistance provided by Viktor Ichkov to those accused of Communist activitiy in Gorna Dzhumaya; 22. Nikola Kostadinov Genev - regarding the activities of Chalamov as the commander of the labor battalion near Pazardzhik; 23. Petar Stefanov - regarding the accused Yurdan Markov; 24. Hristo Nikolov - testimony on behalf of Shonkin, the accused; 25. Professor Kiril Popov - testimony on behalf of Ivanchev-Shonkin, the accused; 26. Anton Franz Sekeli - testimony on behalf of Halachev, Ivanchev-Shonkin and Mumdjiev and against Gesharov and Kolevski; 27. Georgi Lulchev; 28. Herman Solomon Max - regarding the labor battalion in Svishtov, 1944 and the commander Kolevski; 29. Pavel Ivanov Pavlov, teacher in Veles - regarding testimony on behalf of Kolevski, commander of the labor battalion in Veles, 1941 and in Lovech, 1944; 30. Ivan Petranov Petkov - testimony on behalf of Kolevski, regarding the labor battalion in Lovech, 1942, and Svishtov, 1944; 31. Ivan Petranov Petkov - testimony on behalf of Kolevski, information regarding Skachkov, the commander of the labor battalions in Svishtov and Atanasov; 32. Yonka Pancheva; 33. Boris Karadzhov - testimony on behalf of Ivan Gesharov, the engineer; 34. Dragomir Georgiev - testimony on behalf of Ivan Gesharov, the engineer; 35. Sava Gelev Savov - regarding the labor battalions that were located between Vakarel and Ihtiman, 1943-1944 and regarding Gesharov; 36. Zhak Lev - regarding Ivan Gesharov, the engineer; 37. Georgi Petrov Borisov - regarding Ivan Gesharov and the labor battalions, 1943; 38. Yurdan Zafirov Mitov - regarding Ivan Gesharov and the labor battalions, 1944; 39. Mihail Mihaylov - regarding Alexandar Padarev and his anti-Semitic opinions; 40. Vladimir Rusaliev - regarding Hristo Lalev; 41. Yanaki Pochekanov - regarding Hristo Lalev; 42. Yuli Ivanov Konstantinov - regarding Padarev; 43. Vasil Tzolov Velyov - regarding the activities of Peyu Draganov in the temporary camp in Skopie, his disagreements with Zahariav, the mayor and regarding the presence of Belev, the KEV director in the first transport from the city; 44. Anastasia Lenkova - regarding the closure of the store owned by Mois Lereya by Stamboldzhiev; 45. Alexandar Georgiev Spasov - regarding the closure of the business owned by the Farhi brothers by Stamboldzhiev; 46. Todor Tonchev - regarding the closure of the business owned by Mois Nisim Levi by Stamboldzhiev; 47. Panteley Georgiev - regarding the treatment of Jews in Berkovitsa by Dobrevski; 48. Evtim Stefanov Dedov - regarding Padarev; 49. Albert Isak Levi - testimony on behalf of Mitziev; 50. Nikola Todorov Stoyanov - regarding the closure of the business owned by Mois Nisim Levi by Stamboldzhiev; 51. Slavcho Ivanov - regarding the closure of the store owned by Rashel Kapon; 52. Manyu Georgiev - testimony on behalf of the lawyer Neofitov; 53. Sava Tzanev Ivanov - regarding the closure of the store owned by Yako Konforti by Stamboldzhiev; 54. Boris Trendafilov Dzhurkov - regarding his job and the deportation of the Jews from Drama and the roles of Cherkezov, Galab Dimitrov, Altanov and others in the searches and confiscation of Jewish property, March 1943; 55. Georgi Yordanov -regarding the lawyer Neofitov; 56. Asen Hristov Lyubenov - regarding the closure of the businesses of Elias Menahem Nisim, Yosif Yulzari and others by Boyan Mihov; 57. Dragomir Padarev - regarding Maria Pavlova.]]></p>
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          <subject>Volksgerichte</subject>
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          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="505">Transit camps</subject>
          <subject>Ski</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="522">Deportation trains</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="508">Labor camps</subject>
          <subject>Concentration Camps</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="518">Deportation from Bulgaria</subject>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000818">Popov Ivan Dimitrov</persname>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000795">Zimriev Liuben</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000029">Alexander Belev</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000936">Mumdzhiev Tzvetan</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000095">Dobrevski Ilia</persname>
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          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Berkovitsa,Vratsa,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Drama,Drama,Macedonia,Greece</geogname>
          <geogname>Demir,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;</geogname>
          <geogname>Skopia,&lt;&gt;,Serbia South - Macedonia,Yugoslavia</geogname>
          <geogname>Sofia,Sofia,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <geogname>Vakarel,Sofia,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Pleven,Camp,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Pleven,Pleven,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Plovdiv,Plovdiv,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Shumen,Shumen,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <geogname>Pirot,&lt;&gt;,Serbia North,Yugoslavia</geogname>
          <geogname>Gorna Dzhumaya,Sofia,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Ikhtiman,Sofia,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
          <geogname>Yambol,Burgas,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.18 in Sofia, 29 March 1945</unittitle>
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183 pages/frames</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1945-03-29 -</unitdate>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.18 in Sofia, 29 March 1945 Indictments and names of plaintiffs: 1. Boris Barov - historic importance of the trial, persecution of the Jews in Europe and specifically in Germany, criticism of anti-Semitism in the world and in Bulgaria, statistical data concerning the number of Jews in the country, 1934-1945 and their economic, legal and social condition, restrictions against the Jews during the war and a survey regarding the Holocaust throughout the European countries; - Data regarding the trial (330 witnesses); - The influence of anti-Semitic ideas in Bulgaria on Musevich Borikov, A. Padarev, Nikola Rashkov and others; - Information regarding the trial against the anti-Aemites in Bern, 1933; - Names of those indicted. 2. Mancho Rahamimov; - The political and historical importance of the trial; - Anti-Semitism and the struggle against anti-Semitism in Europe; - Anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic organizations in Bulgaria, such as Ratnik; - The struggle against anti-Semitic legislation and persecution of Jews - petitions to Parliament; - Survey of the activities of the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV) and Belev and other clerks; - Data regarding the number of deportees from Macedonia and Thrace; - The reasons behind the rescue of the Jews in the "old borders" of Bulgaria; - Efforts to deport the Jews from Sofia to the outlying cities, demonstration, 24 May 1943 and the Somovit camp; - Jewish participation in the underground.]]></p>
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          <subject>Petliura Days, July 1941</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="329">Antisemitism before the war</subject>
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          <subject>Concentration Camps</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="518">Deportation from Bulgaria</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="335">Anti-Jewish legislation</subject>
          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="789">Historiography of the Holocaust</subject>
          <subject>Jewish underground</subject>
          <subject>Ski</subject>
          <subject>Volksgerichte</subject>
          <subject>Evacuation of the Jewish population</subject>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000132">Gabrovski Peter</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000095">Dobrevski Ilia</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000764">Kazasov Dimo</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000201">Kalitzin Iaroslav</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000029">Alexander Belev</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000088">Dannecker, Theodor</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000054">Bosshammer Fritz</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000817">Panitza Liliana</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000267">Masaryk Jan Garrigue</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000818">Popov Ivan Dimitrov</persname>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000794">Pavlova Maria</persname>
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          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Macedonia</geogname>
          <geogname>Demir,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;</geogname>
          <geogname>&lt;&gt;,&lt;&gt;,Thrace,Greece</geogname>
          <geogname>Solon,Thessaloniki,Macedonia,Greece</geogname>
          <geogname>Somovit,Pleven,&lt;&gt;,Bulgaria</geogname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No.19 in Sofia, 30 March 1945</unittitle>
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121 pages/frames</physdesc>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1945-03-30 -</unitdate>
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            <language langcode="bul" encodinganalog="3.4.3">Bulgarian</language>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No.19 in Sofia, 30 March 1945 Indictments and the names of the plaintiffs: 1. Slavcho Stoilov against: - Hristo Stomanyakov - transport of 110 Jews to the Tabakova Cheshma camp, and the restrictions imposed on the Jews by Stomanyakov while serving as the Commissariat for Jewish Questions (KEV) director; - Borislav Tasev - tortures that he inflicted on the Jews; - Slavcho Ivanov Yonchev - deportation of the Jews of Stara Zagora, Kavala and Kazanlak, corruption and stealing of Jewish property and more; - Asen Paytashev - camp organization in Dupnitsa, and deportation of the Jews of Macedonia; - Ivan Stefanov Miziev - corruption; - Spas Stoyanchevski - deportation of the Jews from Skopie, corruption and tortures that he inflicted on the Jews; - Krastyu Ignatov Kozarov; - Yosif Vatev - the charges were dropped against him; - Kiril Dalkalachev - deportation of the Jews from Dupnitsa to the camp; - Nikola Baykushev - (died in the meantime); - Lyuben Zimriev - the fire in the Kaylaka camp; - Group of National Bank tellers headed by Stariradev - threats and torture of Jews in Shumen. 2. Eli Baruh against: - Commanders in the Jewish labor battalions and their laborers: Todor Gesharov, A. Shonkin, R. Kolevski, Georgi Pinalov, Nikifor Pavlov, Georgi Chalamov, Atanasov and Mumdzhiev; - People who participated in the confiscation of Jewish property; The defense lawyers' speeches: - Mihail Stoenchev - lawyer representing Pencho Lukov, Georgi Dzhambazov, Tzvetan Mumdzhiev and Yuri Valchev (successor of Stoyan Valchev); - Ivan Varadinov - lawyer representing Zahari Velkov; - Dimitar Kyuranov - lawyer representing Iliya Dobrevski; - Lyubomir Georgiev - lawyer representing Asen Paytashev and Angel Cherkezov; - Todor Gudev - lawyer representing Mitziev; - Stoycho Chochkov.]]></p>
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          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="562">Torture</subject>
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          <subject>Lawyers</subject>
          <subject>Ski</subject>
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          <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="518">Deportation from Bulgaria</subject>
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        <controlaccess>
          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000795">Zimriev Liuben</persname>
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          <persname source="ehri_pers" authfilenumber="000741">Khristo Stomaniakov</persname>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 20 in Sofia, 31 March 1945</unittitle>
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          <p><![CDATA[Proceedings of People's Court Session No. 20 in Sofia, 31 March 1945 Speeches by the lawyers: 1. Vladimir Tumparov - defense attorney for Pencho Lukov and Nikola Rashkov; 2. Badev - defense attorney for Atanas Ovcharov (deportation of the Jews from Demir Hisar); 3. Stefan Mihaylov - defense attorney for Musevich Borikov; 4. Orhaniev - defense attorney for Ignat Vasilev Petkov; 5. Filchev - defense attorney for Georgi Stoyanov Pinalov, Lyuben Zimriev and Todor Toshkov; 6. Slavchev - defense attorney for Viktor Baychev Ichkov; 7. Manasiev - defense attorney for Maria Pavlova; 8. H. Chanev - defense attorney for A. Shonkin; 9. Chochkov - defense attorney for Dalkalachev; 10. Kospartov - defense attorney for Hristo Lalev Lulchev; 11. P. Stefanov - defense attorney for Stariradev and Markov; 12. Gavril Anchev - defense attorney for Slavcho Hadzhiyonchev (deporation of Jews from Kazanlak) and Todor Boychev Alexandrov; 13. Linkov - defense attorney for Yosif Vatev; 14. Sim. Penkyovski - defense attorney for Petar Kirov Peshev and Boyan Mihov Ivchinov; 15. Nikola Padarev - defense attorney for Alexandar Padarev; 16. Drupchev - defense attorney for Pavlov and Kolevski; 17. Petkov - defense attorney for Kolevski, Pavlov and Skachkov; 18. Simeonov - defense attorney for Lilyana Panitza and Iliya Hristov Stamboldzhiev; 19. Zlatarov - defense attorney for Atanas Ovcharov and Ignat Kozarov; 20. Sestrimski - defense attorney for Ivan Gesharov; 21. Atanas Karolev - defense attorney for Yaroslav Kalizin; 22. Konstantinov - defense attorney for Stomanyakov; 23. Popov - he is one of the accused; 24. Peyu Draganov - one of the accused; 25. Ivan Atanasov - defense attorney for Neofitov; 26. Sava Zlatev - one of the accused.]]></p>
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