Front and back images of a photograph showing young men, members of the Revolutionary Youth Union (a youth communist organisation). The back of the photograph displays a handwritten text in Bulgarian noting that there are Gypsies among the members of the Union.
Gypsy members of the Revolutionary Youth Union, 1941
Scope & Content:
Front and back images of a photograph showing young men and women, Gypsy members of the Revolutionary Youth Union (a youth communist organisation). The back of the photograph displays a handwritten text in Bulgarian explaining that the photograph was taken during a 30 day course for activists who...
Front and back images of a photograph showing students from the army-political academy. Gospodin Kolev is in the front row, and his face has been circled. The back of the photograph has a handwritten text in Bulgarian explaining that the photograph is of Gospodin Kolev as a student in the army-po...
Front and back images of a photograph showing Gospodin Kolev's daughter on a ship during the holidays. The back of the photograph has a handwritten text in Bulgarian.
Gospodin Kolev speaking at the Plenum of the Fatherland Front, 1963
Scope & Content:
Front and back images of a photograph showing Gospodin Kolev speaking at the Plenum of the Fatherland Front in the town of Targovishte, 1963. The back of the photograph has a handwritten text in Bulgarian.
Miscellania from the Studii Romani Library and Archive Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of digital images of a decree from the Bulgarian government ordering the forcible settlement of Gypsy nomads from 1958. The decree provides penalties for those who continue a nomadic way of life and outlines the support and privileges, such as housing, employment and educ...
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.
After a new government came into power, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, on 9th September 1944, a new organization was created with the name Ekhipe (‘United’) - the United Joint Cultural and Enlightenment Organisation of Gypsy Minorities - under the leadership of Shakir Pashov on 6th ...