Photographs reflecting the family life and social and political activities of Gospodin Kolev
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of digital images of original photographs, dating from c 1940-1982. The photographs record Gospodin Kolev's social and political activities and family life. The original photographs were kept in books, boxes and photograph albums.
Decree of the Council of Ministers banning nomadism
Scope & Content:
Digital copies of a decree issued by the Communist Party Council of Ministers in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1958. The decree sets out penalties for those who chose to continue a nomadic way of list and the support offered to those who choose to settle.
Photographs of the inhabitants of the gypsy quarter doing voluntary work to improve its sanitation [1970s]
Scope & Content:
The work was organised by Zhelyo Kovachev in the 1970s in his role of “kmet” (‘mayor’), a contact person with non-Roma authorities Original material: medium quality