Did Bulgaria Refuse To Surrender The Jews?

Todor Zhivkov, who led the notorious campaign against the ethnic Turks of Bulgaria, had made the following statf'mentabout the lews of Bulgaria: "Bulgaria was the only European country, ovemın by Hitlero-Fascism, in which the life and security of the lews were completely preserved. This is a universally acknowledged facl...", Many Bulgarian writers, in books, anides and at international conferences, claimed with pride that only Bulgaria did not hand over its lews to the Hitlerian regime. Several books were published, in more than one edition and in varlous languages, evoking great response, not only in Bulgaria, but also abroad. Documentary films were made on it. All of these sources try to say the following: When the SecondWorld War broke out on Septernber 1, 1939, there were some fifty-thousand lews Iiving in Bulgaria. And when the war ended on May 9, 1945, there were stili about fifty-thousand lews living there.