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World war II

The article presents forgets a couple of things about the Jews in Bulgaria:

1. ghettos, anti-semitic legislation, forced labour camps, expulsion of Jews who were also citizens of other countries, resettling of Jews from the cities, etc.
2. thousands of Jews from the territories occupied by Bulgaria (Macedonia and Thrace) were sent to the Nazi concentration camps in Poland (www.deathcamps.org/Reinhard/macedonia%20thrace%20transports.html)

bogdan 20:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Did you mean the article omits something? Perhaps you should provide some more sources, this one seams to be overzealous ("Always maintaining its sovereignty and forever opportunistic, Bulgaria had entered the conflict solely for reasons of territorial aggrandisement": woah, this is such a ridiculously naïve statement). Also, it really is debatable if the Jews in the areas that Bulgaria administered during WWII can be considered part of the "history of the Jews in Bulgaria". Plus, it should be noted we're talking not that Macedonia and that Thrace.

And don't forget our government often received direct orders from Nazi Germany and was in most cases not directly responsible for any decisions of that type. In that situation, what we managed to do was a real deed of heroism and valour. Todor→Bozhinov 20:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I would like to read more about ordinary citizens who intervened -- for example, I think I read that farmers blocked transport trains.Jrm2007 18:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I tried to expand somewhat the section as requested by the User:Bogdan, the Israeli IP user and others before. @Bogdangiusca: Unfortunately the link you gave cannot be used as source, but I tried to cover the events you mentioning using other refs that can be accepted. To the Israeli IP user: Your edit was very informative but lacked proper references and thus cannot be included except a part of your last paragraph who has. Please give sources for the rest. If you need help in properly add them late me know. @User:Jrm2007: Also give something more. @User:TodorBozhinov: I disagree, I believe the Aegean Macedonia and Western Thrace was also part of the Bulgaria years before the events since they were officially annexed, but for any case I added a well established source for it.

I will try to expand the chapter a little more, any help or comments will be appreciated. Thanks in advance, --Factuarius (talk) 05:50, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

@Kostja:Please discuss before revert. The texts you just rv are almost word-by-word from the sources. About the name of the party: But it was in fact the Communist Party, as the very link indicates. Why to mislead the reader? About the number of the remained Jews is not mine, it was there before my edits, possibly by a Bulgarian editor. If you have a more reliable number please put it. No problem --Factuarius (talk) 13:48, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

You assert that Vicky Tamir stated in her book "Bulgaria and Her Jews: The History of a Dubious Symbiosis" on page 314 that "almost the entire Jewish population was forced to leave Bulgaria". There is no such statement on page 314 or anywhere in the book: . The Jewish virtual library, a far more authoritative source, asserts that Jews were not permitted to leave Bulgaria initially but were latter permitted to go, which the vast majority wanted to do: .

You also assert that on page 246 of "The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution" by Chary Frederick, it's stated that "the survival of Bulgarian Jews was due to complex political and social internal struggles, and not because of Bulgarian humanity". This also can't be found on this page or anywhere else in the book .

The Communist party was called Worker's party at the time. Kostja (talk) 15:47, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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