Centropa's first film produced by the award-winning Bulgarian Photographer's Association.
Here is a story that begins in Istanbul in the 1850s and ends in contemporary Sofia.
After the death of his wife, Matilda Albuhaire's grandfather traveled with his young son to the Black Sea port of Bourgas, where he opened a small shop in a town filled with Greeks, Turks, Jews, Muslims and Bulgarian Christians. Matilda became a teacher in the Bourgas and Sofia Jewish schools, and when war came, waited with the other Bulgarian Jews for their deportation "to Poland," not knowing what awaited them there.
But Bulgaria's Jews were not deported - the accompanying study guide provides articles and essays describing this remarkable incident.
After the war, most Bulgarian Jews emigrated to Israel; Matilda remained, and after the fall of Communism, once again became active in her Jewish community.
Matilda Albuhaire -- A Sephardic Family Story
Lesson plans for this film
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| Title | Language | For grades | Documents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matilda Albuhaire: Lesson plan for teachers of English as second language History |
en | University | ||
| Matilda Albuhaire: Discussion points for the film History |
en | University | ||
| Eine sefardische Familiengeschichte - Interaktives Filmskript History |
de | |||
| Matilda Albuhaire: Leitfragen zum Film History |
de | |||
| Bulgaria in the Holocaust History In studying rescue, the students learn about individual rescuers (mainly in Eastern Europe) and the challenges they faced. They also compare rescue on a national context, contrasting the Jewish experience in Denmark with that of most Jews in Poland, trying to determine the foundation for most Danish Jews’ survival of the Holocaust, compared to those of Poland. The part of the lesson about Bulgaria stems from a reading the students have completed in advance, which mentions rescue in Bulgaria, Le Chambon (France), and Denmark. |
en | 8 |