National Assembly Speaker Nikola Minchev atteneded a commemorative event at the Sofia University which marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “By rescuing nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews, our people proved that empathy, tolerance..
"Never again!" Th e phrase has been a slogan for politicians, institutions and citizens for decades now. It is an expression of hope and resolve. It is also a reminder of the events in human history from eight decades ago . A pledge..
The prominent Israeli writer with Bulgarian roots, Prof. Michael Bar-Zohar, is a candidate for president of Israel, bTV reports. Prof. Bar-Zohar is the author of one of the most exciting books about the rescue of Bulgarian Jews during the Second..
The majority of Bulgarian Jews are poor craftsmen or ordinary workers. Growing up among Greeks, Armenians, Turks and Gypsies, the ordinary Bulgarians cannot understand the struggle against the Jews. The racial issue is alien to them.” This is how..
On March 10, Bulgaria marks the "Day of the Holocaust and Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews" and honors the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and the victims of crimes against humanity. March 10 was designated as the Holocaust Remembrance Day by..
"Holocaust Remembrance Day each year reminds us of the value of democracy and peace. It reminds us that there have been times when innocent people have been brutally killed and human rights have been unceremoniously trampled on. " This was written by..
The date of January 27 has once again arrived - the day on which the few survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp were released in 1945. Decades later, the United Nations Organization turned this date into an International Holocaust..
"With gratitude to the Bulgarian people who saved their Jewish brothers and sisters from the inferno of the Holocaust in 1943." This huge inscription on the wall at the entrance of the nursery home in the Israeli city of Rishon LeZion..
Wars, an escape from political regimes, and the search for a better life over the years have taken many Bulgarians away from their homeland. This is also the case with the people in a "Bulgarian" village in Israel – Beit Canaan...
“We acknowledge the undisputed heroic contribution of the Bulgarian people, including representatives of the intelligentsia and the Orthodox church, in the fight against Nazism, including in the rescue of the Jews living in the country from the..
