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==Historical Background== |
==Historical Background== |
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The Bulgarian government under [[tsar]] [[Boris III]] acted, to a large extent, as a puppet to [[Nazi Germany]]. The rise of [[Hitler]] saw an increasingly radicalised Bulgaria, as it eventually adopted German anti- semitic and zionist policies. Bulgaria's alliance with Germany at the onset of [[World War II]] placed the former into a position of obedience and conformity. In addition, the Bulgarian government was overridden with politicians that held pro- fascist and anti- democratic sentiments Such was the case of Prime Minister Bogdan Filov, who marginalised the country's [[jewry]] by passing the Law for the Protection of the Nation( Zakon za Zashtita na Naciyata), which restricted the rights and activities of jews..<ref>Vassilev, Rossen. "The Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews in World War II, by Rossen Vassilev." Newpol.org. 2010. Web. 29 June 2015.</ref> |
The Bulgarian government under [[tsar]] [[Boris III]] acted, to a large extent, as a puppet to [[Nazi Germany]]. The rise of [[Hitler]] saw an increasingly radicalised Bulgaria, as it eventually adopted German anti- semitic and zionist policies. Bulgaria's alliance with Germany at the onset of [[World War II]] placed the former into a position of obedience and conformity. In addition, the Bulgarian government was overridden with politicians that held pro- fascist and anti- democratic sentiments Such was the case of Prime Minister [[Bogdan Filov]], who marginalised the country's [[jewry]] by passing the Law for the Protection of the Nation( Zakon za Zashtita na Naciyata), which restricted the rights and activities of jews..<ref>Vassilev, Rossen. "The Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews in World War II, by Rossen Vassilev." Newpol.org. 2010. Web. 29 June 2015.</ref> |
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The Rescue of Bulgarian Jews was a historical event that consisted of the planned rescue of about 50,000 Jews living on Bulgarian soil in the period 1943-1945. The most notable people behind the rescue were Dimitar Peshev and Patriarch Stephen of Bulgaria, who both managed to overcome Bulgaria's pro-Nazi bureaucracy and convince the then-tsar Boris III to stand behind Bulgarian jewry.[1]The deportations, set to take place after the arrival of the Holocaust trains on March 10, 1943, were never carried out.
Historical Background
The Bulgarian government under tsar Boris III acted, to a large extent, as a puppet to Nazi Germany. The rise of Hitler saw an increasingly radicalised Bulgaria, as it eventually adopted German anti- semitic and zionist policies. Bulgaria's alliance with Germany at the onset of World War II placed the former into a position of obedience and conformity. In addition, the Bulgarian government was overridden with politicians that held pro- fascist and anti- democratic sentiments Such was the case of Prime Minister Bogdan Filov, who marginalised the country's jewry by passing the Law for the Protection of the Nation( Zakon za Zashtita na Naciyata), which restricted the rights and activities of jews..[2]
References
- ^ "The Rescue of Bulgarian Jewry". aishcom. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ Vassilev, Rossen. "The Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews in World War II, by Rossen Vassilev." Newpol.org. 2010. Web. 29 June 2015.