Activitatea Tribunalului Poporului din Bulgaria, 1944-1945
People’s Tribunal in Bulgaria, 1944-1945
Author(s): Adam BurakowskiSubject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Bulgaria; World War II; Stalinism; war crimes; communism;
Summary/Abstract: Although the activity of Bulgaria in World War II was limited, serious war crimes were committed, especially in territories occupied by Bulgarian forces. Simultaneously communist clandestine partisan movement was more and more active. When the communist-led Fatherland Front came to power in September 1944, the issue of moral and legal responsibility for war crimes emerged. New government created so-called People’s Tribunal to judge the pre-communist elite. The genocide accusations were in many cases just a pretext to political purges. The article, based mainly on archival sources, deals with the activity of People’s Tribunal.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXIV/2016
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 65-86
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Romanian
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