The Shoah (1939–1945)
Roundup and deportation of the Jews of Štip
mars 1943·Štip
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The community of Štip is gathered at dawn by Bulgarian police, transferred to the warehouse of the Macedonian capital, then handed over to deportation convoys.
Štip, in eastern Macedonia, was home to an ancient Sephardic community engaged in trade and crafts, who still spoke the language brought from Spain. Like the rest of the province, it came under Bulgarian administration following the dismemberment of the country and gradually lost its rights and property. The round-up came at dawn on the eleventh day of March, simultaneously across all the towns of Macedonia: the Bulgarian police gathered the families of Štip, held them for a few hours, then transferred them to the tobacco warehouse in the Macedonian capital. From there, they were handed over to the deportation convoys. The community of Štip disappeared entirely.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Macédoine du Nord
Jaša Romano, *Jevreji Jugoslavije* ; Frederick Chary, *The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution* ; Zvi Loker (dir.), *Pinkas Hakehillot Yugoslavia*, Yad Vashem.