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THIRTY
YEARS AGO,
on the 20th of February, a man named Dimitar Peshev was dying in a house
in Neofit Rilski Street, Sofia. He played a more than significant part in
saving the Jews of an entire nation: however he was soon forgotten by practically
everyone.
In the history of the Holocaust
there
is probably no similar case. Yet, Peshev's story was allowed to fall into
oblivion even by survivors themselves.
• Since
1998, thanks to the book "The Man who Stopped Hitler",
by Gabriele Nissim, and to dozens of related events
in Milan, Rome, Sofia, Strasbourg, Washington, Berlin, Jerusalem..., four
Parliaments have recognized and
officially commemorated Peshev and his courageous deed.
 May
2003. About a Foundation that never was and the role played by Boris
III in saving Bulgarian Jews
Milan, Italy. An Open
Letter [pdf file] to Bulgarian prime minister Simeone
by Gabriele Nissim
Washington, DC. A speech
[pdf file] and a letter [pdf file]
by Israel Borouchoff
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 Kjustendil
October 25 2002. A museum
dedicated to Dimitar Peshev is inaugurated
photo gallery
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Der
Mann, der Hitler stoppte
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A
portrait
of Dimitar Peshev by Alzek Misheff
(85 kb)
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Sofia,
December 5th 2000. An Assembly at the National Parliament, West Hall,
marks the official inauguration of the Dimitar Peshev Foundation
• read its Statutes
• see where it is
housed
• read its aims
• fill the nomination
form
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A
dramatized presentation by Moni Ovadia
• listen
(325 kB)
• hi-fi zip
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