House-Museum of Dimitar Peshev description and photos - Bulgaria: Kyustendil (Topic)

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The Dimitar Peshev House-Museum in Kyustendil is an exact copy of the home of this famous politician. It contains a collection of written and material sources that are associated with a difficult period for Bulgarian Jews.

Dimitar Peshev is a Bulgarian lawyer and politician who, during the German occupation of Bulgaria, initiated a campaign aimed at saving Jews. It is known that in March 1943, the new government approved an agreement with Germany, according to which about 50 thousand Jews from Bulgaria were to be deported to the Third Reich. Immediately after the approval of the directive, Dimitar Peshev also learned about its existence, who immediately demanded that the deportation be canceled, but he was refused. After the refusal, he collected signatures under a collective protest - 43 out of 160 deputies supported his intention to stop the deportation of Jews from Bulgaria. The appeal was even signed by the former Prime Minister Tsankov, who at that time was a consistent supporter of the Bulgarian-German Union.

Peshev defended the Bulgarian Jews as full citizens of the country, appealing to the national pride of all deputies. After Filov, the prime minister, received the appeal, some of the deputies were pressured by the current government and, as a result, a minority refused to sign. Subsequently, Peshev was removed from his post as deputy chairman of the Bulgarian parliament.

Thanks to Dimitar's actions, opponents of the deportation, headed by the hierarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, were able to mobilize. As a result of public influence, Tsar Boris III had no choice but to prohibit the deportation of Jewish citizens of Bulgaria.

The house-museum contains copies and originals of the most important documents of that time, testifying to such a serious feat of a politician who was not afraid to lose his status and place in society for the sake of helping fellow citizens.

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