DISINFO: Soviet soldiers saved 50 000 Bulgarian Jews during WWII

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DISINFO: Soviet soldiers saved 50 000 Bulgarian Jews during WWII

SUMMARY

It was thanks to Soviet soldiers that 50 000 Bulgarian Jews were saved from deportation to Nazi Germany during WWII.

RESPONSE

In fact, public protest, which included an intervention from the Metropolitan of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, made Tsar Boris to change his mind and cancel the planned deportations of 50 000 Bulgarian Jews to Nazi Germany in May 1943. www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005451, , edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/24/intv-amanpour-bulgaria-king-a.cnn, , www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-bulgaria-saved-its-jews-from-nazi-concentration-camps/2013/05/08/e866bdda-8cb1-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_story.html?utm_term=.e74c061fa348, ,

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