197 pages ; 23 cm

Author reconstructs what happened in Bulgaria during World War II and interrogates collective memories of the time; recounts the actions of individuals and groups that spared Bulgaria's Jews the fate of most European Jews. Cf. jacket

Documents. Exclusion: Statement by the Bulgarian Writers' Union to the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the National Assembly -- Statement by the Governing Board of the Bulgarian Lawyers' Union to the Chairman of the National Assembly -- Open letter from Christo Punev to the National Assembly Deputies -- Statement by the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to the Prime Minister -- Open letter from Dimo Kazasov to the Prime Minister -- Petko Stainov's speech in the National Assembly -- Todor Polyakov's speech in the National Assembly. Deportation: Article from the Fatherland front -- A leaflet of the Sofia Discrict Committee of the Workers' Party -- Protest letter by the Vice-Chairman of the 25th session of the National Assembly, Dimitâr Peshev, and forty-two other deputies -- Petko Stainov's interrogatory, sent to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Filov -- Bogdan Filov's diary -- Charles Rédard's report to the Federal Political Department in Berne. Internment: Minutes of a special session of the Holy Synod -- Protocol no. 9, 6 June 1943, on King Boris's speech to the small cabinet of the Holy Synod -- Letter from Nikola Mushanov and Petko Stainov to King Boris -- Letter from public figures to King Boris -- 'Mad assault against the Jews': an article from the Workers' cause. Memoirs. Dimo Kazasov -- Metropolitan Stefan -- Asen Suichmezov -- Dimitâr Peshev

Includes bibliographical references and index

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