Rafael Moshe Kamhi
Rafael Moshe Kamhi | |
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Born | Рафаел Моше Камхи December 15, 1870[1] |
Died | Tel Aviv, Israel | July 8, 1970
Nationality | Ottoman, Greek, Bulgarian, Israeli |
Other names | Skander Beg |
Rafael Moshe Kamhi (Bulgarian and
Kamhi is among the few survivors of The Holocaust from Thessaloniki after being saved by Bulgarian authorities; 90% of the population was murdered.
Biography
Rafael Moshe Kamhi was born on 15 December 1870 in Bitola, Ottoman Empire (modern-day North Macedonia) in the family of
Kamhi directly participated in the
After the subsequent split of the Organization, Kamhi maintained close links with left-wing activists of the Macedonian liberation movement as
During World War II, after the occupation of Greece, Kamhi participated in the creation of
After his rescuing Kamhi moved to Sofia, where he remained until 1949, when he moved to Israel. After the war, at the request of the Macedonian Scientific Institute and the Jewish Institute in Sofia, he began working on his memoirs, still in Bulgaria. From Tel Aviv he continued his correspondence with both Institutes in Sofia. He died in ripe old age in 1970 in Tel Aviv.
Legacy
All the memories of Rafael Kamhi are now kept in the Bulgarian State Archive in the so-called Jewish collection of books and documents. The archives that he left contain documents in Bulgarian and Ladino. The collected memories of Rafael Kamhi were published under the title "I, the
The first work of Macedonian historiography about Kamhi was written by Todor Simoski and published in 1953.[13]
In March 2011 the
Honours
Kamhi Point in Antarctica is named after Rafael Kamhi.[17]
References
- ^ a b Stojanovski 2006, p. 42.
- ^ Macedonian Review. Kulturen Zhivot. 1989. p. 11.
Rafael Moshe Kamhi, known by his military pseudonym of Skender Beg.
- ISBN 978-1-886223-37-0.
One of them, the best known of all, was Raphael Moshe Kamhi (1870-1970)
- ^ Assa 1994, p. 78"This is one of the main reasons why Rafael Kamhi himself felt more like a Macedonian than a Jew. Like his fellow Macedonian Jews he loved Macedonia as his native land, the Macedonians as his brothers, and freedom as the primary aim of ..."
- ISBN 978-1-886223-37-0.
Raphael Kamhi was unanimously elected liaison officer of the VMRO
- ^ Macedonian Review. Kulturen Zhivot. 1981. p. 51.
According to the 1890 census taken in the vilayets of Salonika, Monastir and Kosovo, 4,000 Jews lived in Bitola...
- ^ Kolonomos, Žamila (1978). Poslovice, izreke i priče sefardskih Jevreja Makedonije. Savez Jevrejskih Ops̆tina Jugoslavije. p. 57.
...the Jewish communities of Macedonia supported Macedonian liberation movements within the limits of their possibilities and notion. In 1903 they gave active support to the »Ilinden« uprising. Rafael Kamhi participated directly in the uprising...
- ^ Macedonian Review. Kulturen Zhivot. 1981. p. 51.
Rafael Kamhi participated directly in the uprising and was in permanent contact with the leadership of the movement. Mentes (Mentesh) Kamhi took weapons and other materials to the rebels.
- ISBN 0810862956, Introduction.
- ^ Statement of the Provisional Representation of the former United Internal Revolutionary Organization to the members of the Bulgarian Government, "Macedonia: documents and materials," Liubomir Panaĭotov, Voin Bozhinov, Bŭlgarska akademiia na naukite, 1978, str. 706.
- ^ Gerginov, Kr., Bilyarski, Ts. Unpublished documents for Todor Alexandrov's activities 1910–1919, magazine VIS, book 2, 1987, p.214 – Гергинов, Кр. Билярски, Ц. Непубликувани документи за дейността на Тодор Александров 1910–1919, сп. ВИС, кн. 2 от 1987, с. 214.
- ^ Вестник Сега, 22 Август 2000 г.: Спасеният евреин Рафаел Камхи изобличава.
- ^ Karajanov 2003, p. 256: "Првиот податок во македонската историографија за Рафаел Камхи ќе го регистрира историчарот Тодбр Симовски во својата научна студија "За учеството на малцинствата во Илинденското востание", објавена во Зборникот на ИНИ... во 1953"
- ^ Ivanov, Gjorge. "Address by the President of the Republic of Macedonia Dr. Gjorge Ivanov at the Central Commemorative gathering in remembrance of the Holocaust of the Macedonian Jews". Website of the president of the Republic of Macedonia. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
Therefore, we must never forget that, as Raphael Kamhi was one of the promoters of the idea of a free and independent Macedonia,....
- ^ ""Tribute to Commander Rafael Kamhi and Heroes of Ilinden" ("Jewish evening")". Memorial Centre of the Holocaust of the Jews from Macedonia – Holocaust Fund of the Jews from Macedonia, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "ХЕРОИТЕ НА ИЛИНДЕН - ЕВРЕИ". Web site Then-day Kruševo Republic. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
Рафаел Камхи – восочна фигура во Музејот на македонската борба за државност и самостојност
- ^ Kamhi Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Sources
- Assa, Aaron (1994) [First published in Bulgarian language in Jerusalem in 1972]. Macedonia and the Jewish people. Macedonian Review. ISBN 978-9989-645-02-0.
- Karajanov, Petar (2003). Rafael Moše Kamhi: ilindenski deec od evrejsko poteklo. Veda. ISBN 9789989639074.
- Stojanovski, Aleksandar (2006). Македонија под турската власт: статии и други прилози. Ин-т за национална историја. ISBN 9789989159053.
- Рафаел Камхи: Спомени на един евреин македонски революционер, съставител: Цочо Билярски, издателство: Синева, ISBN 9786197086010, второ издание, 2013 год.
Further reading
- Камхи, Рафаел; Билярски, Цочо; Бурилкова, Ива (2000). Аз войводата Скендер Бей (in Bulgarian). Синева. ISBN 978-954-9983-03-6.