Yosif Levi with his brothers and sister

This is a family photo taken in Sofia in the 1960s. My brother Mordechai Levi is to the left, next to him are my sister Adela Naftali and my brother Isak Levi. I’m standing behind them.

I have three brothers and two sisters. My eldest brother is called Isak Levi and he is a textile technician. He is a widower already with a daughter: Ema. They both live in Sofia. My second brother is Mordechai Levi and he used to work as a printer. My sister Oro Morits Frank didn't have any special profession and she used to work in a glass shop as a laborer.

Mordechai married Sofia. She was a seamstress, and they got two sons: Avram and Emil. They lived in Sofia on Dimitar Petkov and Albert Antonov Streets. They used to have a house there, which has already been destroyed and replaced by an estate. Each of them bought an apartment on Dimitar Petkov Street. Meanwhile, my brother managed to somehow get an apartment in 'Mladost' residential quarter near the Regional Hospital. He passed away a year ago.

Only my sister Adela currently lives in Israel. Her fate was unfortunate. For a year or two her husband has been paralyzed. He isn't able to speak or do anything and so she is taking care of him.

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