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2. Dimitar Peshev |
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Dimitar Peshev (1894-1973) Deputy-Speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament in 1943, drafted and together with 42 other Members of Parliament signed a letter of protest to the Prime Minister, opposing the deportation of Bulgarian Jews and the delivery of Bulgarian citizens to a foreign Power. |
| Peshev's Letter
against deportation, signed by 43 Members of Parliament: <… such a measure is unthinkable… It would brand Bulgaria with an undeserved stain, that not only would burden her morally, but also would void all her moral standing. … it is absolutely needless to recur to utterly cruel measures which might lead to an accusation of mass murder. … The honor of Bulgaria and her people is a political asset of the greatest value, therefore nobody has the right to waste it without the approval of the entire nation…> |
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| A BGL 10 Commemorative Coin, minted by the Bulgarian National Bank on March 7, 2003, to honor the life of Dimitar Peshev. |
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Bulgarian commemorative postage stamp, printed in March 2003 (Dimitar Peshev and Bishop Stefan) |
| A Commemorative Medal specially designed and coined by the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) as a tribute to the Bulgarian hero of the Holocaust. Donated by the IRWF to the Dimitar Peshev Museum in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, in 2002. |
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| Bulgaria's National Assembly (Narodno Sabranie), circa 1940 |
| <The rescue of the Bulgarian Jewry
from annihilation and of Bulgarian society from the disgrace of genocide
is a powerful manifestation of the motto of the Bulgarian Parliament:
'Unity brings power'.> Statement of the Bulgarian National Organizing Committee for the Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the saving of the Bulgarian Jewry, March 2003 |