Balgarianovinite.com Parliamentary groups in the Bulgarian National Assembly issued declarations on Tuesday as the nation marked the Day of Rescue of Bulgarian Jews and of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust and of the Crimes against Humanity. MPs said the nation should be proud of performing the extraordinary act of saving its 50,000 Jews from deportation to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. A controversy broke out when BSP – United Left Floor Leader Nataliya Kiselova noted that Jews were deported from territories occupied by the Axis powers and administrated by Bulgaria, and blamed it on Bulgarian authorities.
GERB-UDF said the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews was an extraordinary act of courage, moral determination, humanity, and solidarity, which remains forever inscribed in the historical memory of the Bulgarian people. The group noted that 83 years ago, politicians, clergy, diplomats, intellectuals, and a wide circle of public figures opposed the deportation of the Bulgarian Jews, reflecting the tolerance and sense of justice of the Bulgarian nation. “This is an unprecedented example in world history during the years of the Holocaust. But today is also a day of humility and remembrance for those deported from Aegean Thrace, Vardar Macedonia, and the town of Pirot,” the group said.
BSP – United Left said that the rescue of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust 83 years ago “spared Bulgarian society the shame of being complicit in a genocide.” “The Bulgarian Jews were saved by the entire Bulgarian society,” the group said in a declaration read out by its Floor Leader Nataliya Kiselova. She noted, however, that Jews from Vardar Macedonia, Aegean Thrace, and Pirot were deported to Nazi concentration camps “under the leadership and supervision of senior officials of the Bulgarian Commissariat for Jewish Affairs.” She also named Bulgarian prime minister Bogdan Filov and his interior ministers as “primarily responsible.”
Vazrazhdane called Kiselova’s declaration “an act of very grave treason.” The party leader, Kostadin Kostadinov, argued that Bulgaria bore no responsibility for the deportation of Jews from Aegean Thrace, Macedonia and Pomoravlje, saying that these territories were under dual Bulgarian-German control and that the deportations were carried out by the German authorities. Kostadinov said there has long been a revisionist trend in Israeli foreign policy aimed at playing down Bulgaria’s role in saving its Jews.
MRF – New Beginning stated: “Days such as this one – marking the 83rd anniversary of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews and honouring the memory of the more than 11,000 people Bulgaria failed to save – call for greater humility rather than harsh rhetoric, as this remains one of the clearest feats of the Bulgarian nation.” The parliamentary group noted that Bulgarian Muslims contributed to the rescue effort and “played a significant historical role” by sheltering and hiding Jews in Muslim villages.
Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria said the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews meant that “our people stood on the side of justice.” According to the group, the rise of extremist forces in Europe is a fact nowadays, and anti-Semitic rhetoric and hate speech are becoming tools not only in the Bulgarian National Assembly. “Today, political parties are again using and generating anti-Semitic rhetoric and hate speech, and we see that when Bulgaria takes the side of the victim, when Bulgaria takes the side of good, there are again not a few, but too many opponents in our society,” the group said.
There Is Such a People (TISP) stated that Bulgaria, as a practical ally of Germany, was the only country that saved its Jews during World War II at a national level and on such a large scale. “It is absolutely outrageous to ascribe blame to Bulgaria for what happened to the Jewish population in Vardar Macedonia. Such claims are put forward every year by pseudo-liberal websites,” said TISP Floor Leader Toshko Yordanov. In his words, “this miserable national nihilism” was expressed earlier on Tuesday by Nataliya Kiselova, the BSP‑United Left Floor Leader. Parliamentary Forces Say Bulgaria Should Be Proud of Saving Its Jews 83 Years Ago, Clash over Deportations from Outlying Areas 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-10 17:48:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law