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WJC urges Bulgarian Academy of Science to correct gross historical manipulation about labour camps for Jewish men during WW2

February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has urged Bulgarian Academy of Science head Julian Revalski to publicly correct the gross historical

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Bulgarian Jewish organisations welcome prosecutor’s move against Lukov March organisers

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Central Israelite Religious Council has written to Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev commending the steps taken against antisemitism and hate speech

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Remembrance ceremony at Sofia Synagogue honours Holocaust victims, rescuers of Bulgarian Jews

January 31, 2020February 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A January 30 ceremony at Sofia Central Synagogue commemorated the victims of the Holocaust and honoured those who rescued the

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Bulgaria 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Bulgarian survivors tell their stories

January 27, 2020March 18, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

It is January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day on which international leaders gather, and swear, hand on heart:

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Organization of Bulgarian Jews marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In a message on January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” spoke of

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President Radev: Bulgaria did not allow a single Bulgarian Jew to be sent to death camps

January 23, 2020January 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, attending the World Holocaust Forum 2020 at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on January 23, said: “Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

WJC, Bulgarian Jews reject claims made at ‘national round table’ on forced labour camps

January 20, 2020January 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress says that it stands with its affiliate, the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria Shalom, in

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Bulgaria 

Controversy over round table on Second World War labour camps for Bulgarian Jewish men

January 17, 2020January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria Shalom has sharply criticised a “national round table” held on January 17 billed

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Bulgaria 

Anti-discrimination body opens hearings on ultra-nationalist’s statement that Roma, Jews, Turks, Armenians are ‘guests’ in Bulgaria

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection against Discrimination has begun hearings on a complaint against ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union leader Zvezdomir Andronov

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