Ketubah and tena’ei ketubah signed and postage-stamped from the WWII era.
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria and one of the most ancient cities in Europe. Plovdiv had a large Jewish community whose leaders served for many years as the leaders of the Zionist Federation of Bulgaria. With the rise of the Nazis, many of the Jews of Bulgaria were deported and the aktions stopped in 1943. This ketubah is one of the only indications of the revival of the Plovdiv Jewry in particular and the Bulgarian Jewry in general.
Approximately two months after the wedding (which took place in Elul-September), there was a Communist revolution in Bulgaria, which again led to the dwindling of the community.
[1] printed leaf with pen handwriting. 48×31 cm.
Signatures of the witnesses, the groom and the bride in a foreign language. Hebrew signature of the Chazan “Yitzchak Blau.” Postage-stamps and stamps.
Fine condition. Fold marks, tears along the folds. Aging stains.