"A profoundly original historical inquiry, this work offers a critical reflection on the silences of the past and the remembrance of the Holocaust.
During World War II, even though Bulgaria was an ally of the Third Reich, it never deported its Jewish community. Until recently, this image of Bulgaria as a European exception has prevailed—but at a cost. For it ignored the roundup of almost all the Jews living in the Yugoslav and Greek territories under Bulgarian occupation between 1941 and 1944, who were in fact deported to Poland, where they were murdered.
In this new English translation of her work...
"Книга која детално ги опишува првите денови по доаѓањето на Германските и Бугарските фашисти. Отпорот на народот бил даден од првите денови, се разбира со исклучок на Бугароманите на Ванчомихајловистичкото ВМРО: Ѓузелов, Чкатров, на Жерновски дедо му и слични квинслинзи!
Па, детално го опишува злосторот на гнасните бугарски фашисти, се до нивното протерување и на крај нивното судење, особено на озгогласениот Асен Богданов, кој всушност самиот потврдува дека Македонците не биле Бугари и дека тие биле фашисти." (from the book description)
Am Rande Europas gelegen, entgeht Bulgarien leicht der historisch-politischen Wahrnehmung. In der Antisemitismusforschung wird allenfalls auf die Rettung der Juden im bulgarischen Altreich verwiesen, ohne jedoch auf die Deportation der jüdischen Bevölkerung in den besetzten Provinzen Mazedoniens und Thrakiens einzugehen. Daraus entstand die gewagte These von Bulgarien als einem „Land ohne Antisemitismus“. Veselina Kulenska hinterfragt dieses verbreitete Bild, indem sie den Antisemitismus in Bulgarien seit dem Ende der osmanischen Herrschaft und der Gründung des neuen bulgarischen Staates bis zur Jahrhundertwende...
"The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews and the Holocaust collects narratives of Bulgarian Jews who survived the Holocaust. Through the analysis of eye-witness testimonies, archival documents, photographs, and researchers’ investigations, the authors weave a complex tapestry of voices that were previously underrepresented, ignored, and denied. Taken together, the collected memories offer an alternative perspective that counters official accounts and corroborates war crimes".