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Your History on Camera

   In 1989 the Communist regime forced more than 300.000 of Bulgaria's ethnic Turks to leave the country within weeks, causing Europe's largest single exodus after the end of WWII. Dr. Georgi Simidchiev was a young scientist in the capital Sofia and was caught up in bigger events, away from his desk.

Soviet Propaganda, 1950

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"Peace Fighters", 1950

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Hot Summer

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Bulgaria 1967, 8 mm film

   

Todor Zhivkov and the arts, 1966

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Todor Zhivkov regularly met writers and artists.

There were very few among them who didn’t feel obliged to attend, or privileged.

 

Germany in Bulgaria, 1942

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Germany opens with Nazi pomp a trade show in Sofia.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Prof. Bogdan Filov attending.

   

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My Beloved Uncle

През Балканската война Никола Михов командува батарея, която има голям принос за превземането на Одрин, а през Първата Full Story | video Video
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Bulgaria, January 1997

Nikoga veche...", "Never again Communism", a popular song at the mass student-led rallies, throughout January 1997, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. Full Story | video Video
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"Liberators Twice"

Bulgaria and Russia are marching in one column under the banner of labour..." goes this song. The march was a favourite of the Soviet Army... Full Story | video Video
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The Spring of 89

In the spring of 1989, Bush House in London, home of BBCWorld Service, became once more truly a station of hope for people across Eastern Europe. Full Story | video Video

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