fragility of goodness: why Bulgaria's Jews survived the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The fragility of goodness: why Bulgaria's Jews survived the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318094977/0004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05367
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]London, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Weidenfeld & Nicolson
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2001
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]197p.,index,bibliography
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0297646702
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Tells how Bulgaria (with Denmark) was the only Nazi-controlled country in Europe not to comply with the order to deport her Jewish population . Demonstrates how, under King Boris 111, parliamentarians, in particular the vice-president of the National Assembly Dimitar Peshev, priests and ordinary citizens came together to mount an unprecedented rescue operation