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On March 1, 1941, Bulgaria officially joined the Axis powers. The stage seemed set for the deportation of the local Jewish community. Thanks to the intervention of King Boris who refused to give in to the pressure of his German allies, thousands of Jews miraculously survived. Among them was Aaron Cohen, born in Plovdiv in 1929. Despite the dramatic events unfolding around him, Aaron spent a relatively normal childhood and youth, going to public school and preparing for the Youth Aliyah. In the fall of 1944, several weeks after the Soviet entry into Bulgaria, he emigrated to Palestine where he helped found Kibbutz Urim in the Negev. Eight years later, he moved to the United States. In this presentation he shares his remarkable story of resilience in adversity and the power of one person to make a difference. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
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moving image
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ark:/20775/bb69650752
Language
English
Subject
Arab-Israeli conflict Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rilski manastir Israel. Gadnaʻ Bachkovski manastir Palmaḥ Urim (Israel) Esdraelon, Plain of (Israel) Bulgaria Plovdiv (Bulgaria) Gevaʻ (Israel) Middle East--Palestine Boris III, Czar of Bulgaria, 1894-1943 Stefan I, Exarch of Bulgaria Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 Sarah-Theodora (Empress of Bulgaria) Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 Cohen, Aaron Peshev, Dimitŭr
Place
Urim (Israel) Esdraelon, Plain of (Israel) Bulgaria Plovdiv (Bulgaria) Gevaʻ (Israel) Middle East Palestine
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