The Shoah (1939–1945)
Deportation of the Jews of Macedonia
Mars 1943·Macédoine (Skopje, Bitola)
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
The Jews of Skopje, Bitola and Štip are gathered at the Monopol tobacco factory in Skopje then deported to Treblinka.
Macedonia, occupied by Bulgaria, an ally of Germany, was home to Sephardic communities established since the expulsion from Spain, including those of Skopje, Bitola, and Štip.
In early spring, the Bulgarian authorities rounded up these communities and assembled them at the Monopol tobacco factory in Skopje, where they were held for several weeks. Three convoys then transported them to Treblinka. Unlike the Jews of Bulgaria proper, saved by the opposition of Parliament and the Churches, those of occupied Macedonia were handed over in their entirety.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Macédoine du Nord
Musée de l'Holocauste des Juifs de Macédoine, Skopje ; Yad Vashem ; Archives d'État de Bulgarie.