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The Rescued
Commissary Alexander Belev
is convinced that a next stage of final deportation of Jews out of Bulgaria is
to follow. To this end he ordered 5 large and 1 small steamships to stand
prepared at several ports on the Danube. His attempt to trigger the deportation
through direct cooperation between the Commissariat and the German authorities,
fails. The barges start empty from the Bulgarian ports in June 1943. In the end
of August 1943 the Bulgarian government has to ‘avoid for the time being any
internal political difficulty caused by the Jewish question and the related
unnecessary international sensation which would ensue.’ King Boris III died on
August 27th, 1943, and Bogdan Filov’s cabinet resigned on September 14th, 1943.
Although the state of Bulgarian Jews remains unchanged, the following government
headed by Dobri Bozhilov and Ivan Bagryanov, do not take any action towards
deportation. On September 3rd, 1944, the Council of Ministers passed a decree
which partially repealed some articles of the Law for protection of the nation.
On the morning of September 8th began the invasion of the Soviet army in
Bulgaria. The government headed by Kimon Georgiev passed a legislative decree
which lifted the restrictions on the Jews.
Menorah painted in gratitude and as a souvenir of the deportation of Jews from
Sofia and Kazanlak 1943 and their stay in Vratsa, painted by Nisim Elia Sidi.
Central National Archives,
Fund 1568K, Inventory 1
Article in Argus International de la Presse S.A. – Geneva about the plight of
Danish Jews. October 9th, 1943.
Central National Archives,
Fund 1568K, Inventory 1, Record Unit 409,
Sheets 3
Photographers of Jews who survived the enforcement of anti-Jewish laws in
Bulgaria 1941-1944, but who were saved by their compatriots. These photographers
were used for the issuing of group passports to Bulgarian Jews who started for
the Promised Land 1947-1950.
Central National Archives,
Fund 622, Inventory 1, Record Unit 100 |
