ZBRINJAVANJE JUGOSLOVENSKE DECE U BUGARSKOJ 1945. GODINE
ACCOMMODATION OF YUGOSLAV CHILDREN IN BULGARIA IN 1945
Author(s): Petar DragišićSubject(s): Diplomatic history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Yugoslavia; Bulgaria; children accommodation; WWII; 1945; international relations; peoples resistance;
Summary/Abstract: In view of the fact that near the end of World War Two a large number of children in Yugoslavia lived in very poor conditions, the willingness of Bulgaria to temporarily render accommodation to approximately 12,000 Yugoslav children in Bulgarian children’s homes in the course of 1945 meant considerable assistance for Yugoslavia. This was a complex task, inspired by the intentions of the new Bulgarian regime to improve relations between the two countries. Despite certain objections, the reports of Yugoslav observers conveyed positive impressions of the organization of the Yugoslav children’s accommodation in Bulgaria, and of the attitude of Bulgarian public opinion towards the children and the staff from Yugoslavia. A certain hostility in relation to the Yugoslav children reveals, however, opposition of a part of the Bulgarian people to their new regime’s policy towards Yugoslavia.
Journal: Istorija 20. veka
- Issue Year: 2001
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 103-110
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Serbian