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A wall of the Sofia Central Synagogue was defaced with an antisemitic message and a swastika, Bulgaria’s Central Israelite Spritual Council said on August 22. Daubed on the wall of […]
The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has strongly condemned Miroslav Ivanov, a parliamentary candidate for the ultra-nationalist Bulg ...
A petition addressed to the Treblinka Museum calling for the removal of a stone memorial with the word Bulgaria on it, and an apology from the museum ...
Ceremonies were held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and elsewhere in the country on March 10 commemorating the 1943 rescue of the Bulgarian Je ...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on February 16 that it had ruled against Bulgaria in two cases, one lodged by two Bulgarian Jews and one by two […]
Praise has come in for the banning of the “Lukov March” in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, an event held in tribute to a pro-Nazi Bulgarian general who led the fascist Union […]
By Ronald S. Lauder There are, sadly, very few European countries that can be proud of their record in the Second World War, when it comes to Jews. Bulgaria stands, […]
International Holocaust Remembrance Day each year reminds us of the value of democracy and peace, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on January 27. “It reminds us that there were […]
An inappropriate Holocaust comparison by a Bulgarian rapper has led to sharp reactions from the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” and the Bulgarian Medical Association. In a television […]
It was starkly clear in that T-shirt among the domestic terrorists in the violent incursion in the Capitol this week: “Camp Auschwitz – Staff”. Not so very different, in fact […]
