Metropolitan Kiril
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In the same month that the deportation of the 1,500 Jews of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv began, the local bishop, Metropolitan Kiril, succeeded in halting it. Kiril sent a personal telegram to the king begging for his mercy towards the Jews and contacted the head of the local police, threatening to end his loyalty […]
Vera Mileva Kocheva was a young mother who wore a yellow star in support of her Jewish friends and who hide her friends during raids. “Jews were our friends, our close brothers, our soul mates. My best friend, who has remained my most cherished friend all my life, is Rachelle Alkalai. She is Jewish. The persecution […]
Penka Kassabova, was a pioneer of early childhood education in Bulgaria. During WWII Penka took to her school four Jewish students, even though the ‘Law for the defense of the nation’ did not allow to admit Jewish students into higher education institutions. One of these students was my mom Ika Comforty who lives in Tel Aviv, […]
In the same month that the deportation of the 1,500 Jews of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv began, the local bishop, Metropolitan Kiril, succeeded in halting it. Kiril sent a personal telegram to the king begging for his mercy towards the Jews and contacted the head of the local police, threatening to end his loyalty […]
In the same month that the deportation of the 1,500 Jews of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv began, the local bishop, Metropolitan Kiril, succeeded in halting it. Kiril sent a personal telegram to the king begging for his mercy towards the Jews and contacted the head of the local police, threatening to end his loyalty […]
Vera Mileva Kocheva was a young mother who wore a yellow star in support of her Jewish friends and who hide her friends during raids. “Jews were our friends, our close brothers, our soul mates. My best friend, who has remained my most cherished friend all my life, is Rachelle Alkalai. She is Jewish. The persecution […]
Penka Kassabova, was a pioneer of early childhood education in Bulgaria. During WWII Penka took to her school four Jewish students, even though the ‘Law for the defense of the nation’ did not allow to admit Jewish students into higher education institutions. One of these students was my mom Ika Comforty who lives in Tel Aviv, […]
In the same month that the deportation of the 1,500 Jews of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv began, the local bishop, Metropolitan Kiril, succeeded in halting it. Kiril sent a personal telegram to the king begging for his mercy towards the Jews and contacted the head of the local police, threatening to end his loyalty […]
Vera Mileva Kocheva was a young mother who wore a yellow star in support of her Jewish friends and who hide her friends during raids. “Jews were our friends, our close brothers, our soul mates. My best friend, who has remained my most cherished friend all my life, is Rachelle Alkalai. She is Jewish. The persecution […]
Penka Kassabova, was a pioneer of early childhood education in Bulgaria. During WWII Penka took to her school four Jewish students, even though the ‘Law for the defense of the nation’ did not allow to admit Jewish students into higher education institutions. One of these students was my mom Ika Comforty who lives in Tel Aviv, […]