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What happened to the Jews in Bulgaria

29 events, 1230 AD to 1990 AD

Cities, towns and sites in Bulgaria

Timeline

13th century

  1. 1230 AD Two Jews killed on order of Czar Ivan Asen II · Bulgaria

14th century

  1. 1352 AD Church Council excommunicates Jews and heretics · Bulgaria
  2. 1352 AD Expulsion of Jews from Bulgaria · Bulgaria
  3. 1352 AD Three Jews condemned on false blasphemy charge · Bulgaria
  4. 1368 AD Jews driven out of Tirnova · Veliko Tarnovo (Tirnova), Bulgaria

15th century

  1. c. 1453–1474 AD Wallachian tribute levied on Jews with mutilation penalty · Vidin (Widdin), Bulgaria

16th century

  1. c. 1571 AD Two Jews murdered near Philippopolis by Turkish spahis (c. 1571) · Plovdiv (Philippopolis), Bulgaria
  2. 1595–1598 AD Destruction of Jewish homes and library in Nicopolis · Nikopol (Nicopolis), Bulgaria

17th century

  1. c. 1640 AD Two Jews murdered near Philippopolis by Turkish spahis (c. 1640) · Plovdiv (Philippopolis), Bulgaria

19th century

  1. 1807 AD Jewish physician Cohen falsely accused of poisoning governor · Vidin (Widdin), Bulgaria
  2. 1863 AD Threatened massacre of Sofia Jews averted · Sofia, Bulgaria
  3. 1874 AD Blood libel against the Jews of Kyustendil · Kyustendil, Bulgaria
  4. 1878 AD Berlin Treaty obliges Balkan states to grant Jews equal rights · Bulgaria
  5. 1878 AD Looting of Jewish property and expulsions in Vidin, Kazanlik and Svishtov · Vidin, Bulgaria
  6. 1884–1885 AD Ritual murder accusations against Sofia Jews · Sofia, Bulgaria

20th century

  1. 1901 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Kyustendil · Kyustendil, Bulgaria
  2. 1940–1941 AD Law for the Protection of the Nation · Bulgaria
  3. 1942 AD Blank authorization for government powers over Jews · Bulgaria
  4. 1942 AD Jewish badge imposed in Bulgaria · Bulgaria
  5. 1942 AD New restrictions and Commissariat for Jewish Affairs · Bulgaria
  6. 1942 AD Young Jews sent to forced labor in Bulgaria · Bulgaria
  7. 1943 AD 19,153 Sofia Jews expelled but spared deportation · Sofia, Bulgaria
  8. 1943 AD Deportation of Jews from Sofia to Ruse · Sofia, Bulgaria
  9. 1943 AD Expulsion of the Jews of Sofia to the provinces · Sofia, Bulgaria
  10. 1943 AD Prominent Jewish families sent to Somovit camp · Somovit, Bulgaria
  11. 1943 AD Young Jewish conscripts sent to road construction labor · Bulgaria
  12. 1944 AD Anti-Jewish legislation abrogated in Bulgaria · Bulgaria
  13. 1945 AD Law of Restitution returns Jewish rights and property in Bulgaria · Bulgaria
  14. c. 1990 AD Citizenship and property restored to Jews who emigrated in 1949–51 · Bulgaria

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