Help Bring "Stories We Were Not Told" to Life

We are seeking your support to produce "Stories We Were Not Told," a book and a film about the Holocaust in Bulgaria. The project is based on the work of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jacky Comforty and award winning author and painter Martha Aladjem Bloomfield. Jacky, the son of Bulgarian Jewish survivors, has devoted his career to documenting the Bulgarian Jewish experience, and his oral histories, film and photography archives, research, and documentation of the topic have made him one of the world's leading experts. Martha, also the child of Bulgarian survivors, has recently created a series of paintings inspired by eyewitness testimonies, and these will be incorporated into the project. This collaboration will be the latest of several award-winning productions that have brought the story of the Bulgarian Jews and its lessons for our time to international attention.

Your donations will help pay:

$ 12,000 for video editing and completion of the film

$ 3,000 for 100 copies of the book

The paintings will be featured in a special exhibition in collaboration with the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in 2025-2026.