Mazal Asael with her friend Tolia in Sofia

Mazal Asael with her friend Tolia in Sofia

This is a photo with my friend Tolia. The photo was taken in 1940 in Sofia. Unfortunately he drowned later that year when a sailing boat with Jewish emigrants from Bulgaria sank near the Turkish coast. Tolia had some Russian Jews in his family.
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Centropa Collection acquired by USHMM

The Centropa archive has been acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. 

USHMM will soon offer a Special Collections page for Centropa.

Academics please note: USHMM can provide you with original language word-for-word transcripts and high resolution photographs. All publications should be credited: "From the Centropa Collection at the United States Memorial Museum in Washington, DC". Please contact collection [at] centropa.org.