Bulgaria Jewish Records

Most of the archival material of the Sofia Jewish community was burned by the community iself before Jews were deported from the capital during World War II. However, Sofia death registers that cover a period of at least 100 years still exist.

The Central Archives for the history of the Jewish People in Jerusalem holds microfilmed group passports of the immigrants who arrived in Israel from all Jewish-Bulgarian communities between October 1948 and May1949. The archive also has lists of immigrant surnames by ship and records covering various time periods from Kiustendil, Pazardjik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Ruse, Sofia and Varna.