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The history of the Jews in Bulgaria goes back almost 2,000 years. Jews have had a continuous presence in historic Bulgarian lands since before the 2nd century CE, and have often played an important part in the history of Bulgaria. Today, the majority of Bulgarian Jews live in Israel, while modern-day Bulgaria continues to host a modest Jewish ...
The history of the Jews in Europe spans a period of over two thousand years. ... Map of the Jewish population within the Russian Empire in 1905. ... Bulgaria: 48,500: ...
His Commissariat for Jewish Affairs planned the destruction of Bulgaria's Jews before the end of the year. [36] In the course of 1943 nearly all Jews in Bulgaria were incarcerated in prisons, camps, or ghettos. [35] As round-ups of Jews began in 1943, Jews made more numerous efforts to escape and punishments became increasingly harsh.
As per the 2021 Bulgarian census, the Jews in Sofia number around 901.. Sofia Synagogue, September 2005. Sofia had Jewish inhabitants before the ninth century; and in 811 the community was joined by coreligionists among the 30,000 prisoners whom the Bulgarian czar Krum brought with him on his return from an expedition against Thessaly, while a number of Jewish emigrants from the Byzantine ...
Bulgaria, who granted Jews full citizenship in 1880, who was part of the axis powers, tried to give over Bulgarian Jews to the Germans in exchange for its old territories like Thrace or North Macedonia but was met with strong popular resistance. Nevertheless, Bulgaria sent thousands of Jews from the occupied territories to Nazi concentration ...
Medieval French Jewish vassal state, 768–900 CE (purportedly established during the Reconquista) Brutakhi, early 13th century Turkic polity whose Jewishness is debatable; possibly either a Khazar remnant state or Jewish splinter state from the Cuman-Kipchak Confederation
History of the Jews in Europe by country (43 C, 14 P) ... Jews and Judaism in Bulgaria (5 C, 4 P) Jews and Judaism in the Byzantine Empire (5 C, 9 P) C.
History of the Jews in Europe by country (43 C, 14 P) The Holocaust by country (35 C, 27 P) * Jews and Judaism by former country (17 C, 1 P) +