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1942 – the Star of David
The Law assigning to the Council of Ministers to take all necessary action
towards resolving the Jewish question and all related matters was passed on July
9th 1942. By virtue of that law the government is given legislative powers in
violation of Art. 9 of the Tarnovo Constitution stating that the legislative
power belongs to the King and the National Assembly. The purpose of such
assignment is the allow the Council of Ministers to issue general regulations
and specific orders in dealing with the Jewish question in order to ensure more
appropriate and effective restrictions. A month later, on April 29th, 1942, by
virtue of Regulation issued under the said law a Commissariat for the Jewish
Question is established with the Ministry of Interior and People’s Health. The
Commissary for the Jewish Question is appointed by the Council of Ministers
according to nomination by the Minister of Interior, and his orders are no
subject to appeal whatsoever.
Encrypted telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious
Denominations to the Bulgarian King’s Legations to Bucharest, Budapest, Zagreb,
Rome, and Vichy, about the existing agreements between Romania, Hungary,
Croatia, Italy, and France, with Germany, regarding the deportation of Jews from
those countries to Poland.
Sofia, October 1942.
Central National Archives,
Fund 176K, Inventory 1ш, Record Unit 256, Sheet 35
Restrictive signs introduced in Bulgaria in 1942 according to Article 19 of the
Decree by the Council of Ministers promulgated in the State Gazette issue 192.
August 29th, 1942.
Central National Archives,
Fund 1568K, Inventory 1, Record Unit 247
Verbal note by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Denominations to
the German Legation to Sofia stating the government’s consent to Germany’s
proposals about dealing with the Jewish question in Bulgaria and Romania.
Sofia, November 12th 1942.
Central National Archives,
Fund 176K, Inventory 1ш, Record Unit 256, Sheet
31, 32
Report by German Minister Plenipotentiary to Sofia Berckele to the German
Foreign Ministry in Berlin about the Bulgarian government’s unwillingness to
deport Bulgarian Jews to German eastern provinces under the pretext that their
workforce was needed by the Bulgarian state to build a highway system.
Sofia, November 16th 1942.
Central National Archives, KMF 06
Memorandum by the German Legation to Sofia showing details regarding the
deportation of Jews from Romania and Bulgaria. A resolution by Bogdan Filov
about the arrival of a designated person from Germany to make arrangements for
the deportation is seen on the document. That person is SS Hauptsturmfürer
Theodor Dannecker.
Sofia, October 15th 1942.
Central National Archives,
Fund 176K, Inventory 1ш, Record Unit 256, Sheet
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