Justice Department (Fond 88)

Identifier
irn514504
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.397
  • RG-46.033M
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Bulgarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514504

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.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Bulgaria.
  • Jewish property--Bulgaria.
  • Jewish property--Yugoslavia.
  • Jews, Bulgarian--Palestine.
  • Jewish property--Greece.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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