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Въвеждане на българско гражданско управление в Беломорието (1941-1944)
Introduction of Bulgarian Civil Government in the West Thrace (1941-1944)

Author(s): Emanuil Dimitrov
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Civil Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: Western Thrace; Belomorie; civil government; World War II
Summary/Abstract: The problem of civil government in Western Thrace during World War II has not been sufficiently studied in Bulgarian legal scholarship. Especially in Greek historiography, the opinion is held that Bulgaria "occupied" Belomorie, but the policy of the Bulgarian government in the region was quite different. Without claiming to be exhaustive, this article aims to shed light on the problem by looking at the structure of the Bulgarian administration and the bodies of leadership and administration in the civil sector, because the main feature of the Bulgarian governmental policy in the area in Spring-Summer of 1941 was the pacification of the annexed territories. During this period, there were extraordinarily many changes in the social life of the region.