10 March is the Bulgarian Day of Rescue of Bulgarian Jews, Holocaust Victims and Crimes against Humanity With commemorative events in Sofia and in Russe with the participation of officials from Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry, public administration,..
Bulgaria's Consul General in New York Angel Angelov has taken part in an online discussion organized by an educational platform on Holocaust issues and dedicated to the saving of Bulgarian Jews in the Second World War, BTA reports. A special guest..
With a March of Tolerance the Jewish community in Bulgaria marks the 81st anniversary of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews and commemorates the 11,343 Jews from Aegean Thrace, Vardar Macedonia and Pirot who died in Nazi death camps during the Holocaust...
“On the International Holocaust Memorial Day, raising voice for the importance of humanism, we stand firm in the fight against xenophobia and hatred. The rescue of nearly 50 000 Bulgarian Jews in WW2 is a clear example of public energy’s force,”..
The Edinburgh International Theatre Festival is an annual event held since 1947 in the last three weeks of August. It features some of the best artists in the performing arts. An occasion to pay attention to this year's edition are... important pages..
Fortunately, i n Sofia you will not find museums or monuments to the Holocaust , as there are in many European capitals, because fortunately, Bulgaria did save its Jews from deportation to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. In this..
In Kyustendil, Prime Minister Galab Donev took part in the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the death camps during World War II. He bowed to the memory of the five Kyustendil residents who played an active role..
“Bulgaria’s Jewish population was the only one that grew in numbers after the Holocaust compared to before,” says Bulgarian Jew Rene Shashua Hasson who is a Holocaust survivor, in an interview with Radio Bulgaria. Born in 1935 in Plovdiv, Rene..
The Bulgarian National Assembly paid tribute to the memory of the Holocaust victims with declarations and one minute of silence. International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January, is connected with the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau..
On today's memorial date - January 27, the world community pays tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. It was on this date, in 1945, when the Soviet army liberated the few survivors of the concentration camp Auschwitz (Oswiecim-Birkenau, in..
