Dimităr Peshev

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Dimităr Peshev was a Bulgarian politician and deputy speaker of parliament who played a key role in preventing the deportation of Bulgaria’s Jews during the Holocaust and was later imprisoned by the communist regime.

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instanceOf Bulgarian politician ⓘ
Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Bulgarian resistance to the deportation of Jews in 1943 ⓘ
burialPlace Sofia, Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Sofia
charge collaboration with the pro-German regime ⓘ
commemoratedBy Dimităr Peshev Square in Jerusalem ⓘ
monuments and plaques in Bulgaria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Bulgaria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1894-06-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-02-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Sofia University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bulgarians ⓘ
familyName Peshev ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
givenName Dimităr ⓘ
linked to: Dimitar
hasWorkAbout The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz ⓘ
languageSpoken Bulgarian ⓘ
laterOutcome released early from prison ⓘ
legacy symbol of moral courage in Bulgaria during the Holocaust ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria) ⓘ
People's Party (Bulgaria) ⓘ
name Dimităr Peshev ⓘ
notableFor opposing the deportation of Bulgaria's Jews in 1943 ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposed deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Nazi extermination camps ⓘ
parliamentaryRole Deputy Speaker of the 25th National Assembly of Bulgaria ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kyustendil, Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Kyustendil
placeOfDeath Sofia, Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Sofia
playedKeyRoleIn prevention of the deportation of Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
positionHeld Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria ⓘ
Minister of Justice of Bulgaria ⓘ
recognizedAs Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
sentence 15 years imprisonment ⓘ
sufferedConsequence political persecution after World War II ⓘ
supported civil rights of Bulgarian Jews ⓘ
timePeriodOfActivity World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
trial People's Court (Bulgaria) ⓘ
linked to: People's Court
wasImprisonedBy communist regime in Bulgaria ⓘ
workLocation Sofia, Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Sofia
yearOfRecognition 1973 ⓘ

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Dimităr Peshev → name → Dimităr Peshev ⓘ
Peshev → notableBearer → Dimitar Peshev ⓘ
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Dimităr Peshev Square in Jerusalem → namedAfter → Dimitar Peshev ⓘ
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Dimităr Peshev Square in Jerusalem → commemorates → Dimitar Peshev ⓘ
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Dimităr Peshev Square in Jerusalem → dedicatedTo → Dimitar Peshev ⓘ
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The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz → mainSubject → Dimitar Peshev ⓘ
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The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz → portrays → Dimitar Peshev as key political figure ⓘ
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The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz → historicalFigureCovered → Dimitar Peshev ⓘ
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