28th August 1943.One day which remained forever in the pages of history.Today is anniversary of Tsar Boris III's death!
Tsar Boris died suddenly after a meeting with Hitler and there have been speculations that he was actually poisoned by Hitler, who wanted a more obedient Bulgaria. So, because of His Majesty's insistence, Bulgarian soldiers did not fight in the War. Bulgaria had national ideals: the returning of Bulgarian territories, such as present-day Macedonia and part of the present-day Greek Macedonia. These territories were invaded by the Germans and were given to the Bulgarian ally for formal administration. But the King himself, Bulgarian intellectuals, the Orthodox Church and the general public resisted strongly Hitler's demand that all Bulgarian Jews be deported to the death camps in Poland. Bulgarian Jews were saved from the Holocaust and almost all of them regard the King as their savior.
I speak for myself and today i will go and burn one candle for our ruler- The Unique Tsar -Boris Turnovski!
The Grave of Tsar Boris at the monastery St.Rilski
The coffin of His Majesty, on his way for the monastery. One the streets there are lines of people.
Women crying and burning candles while the train with the remains of the Tsar is passing...
Sorrowful people on some station, while the train is passing:
Honoured guards on the way of the coffin to the monastery
Worship infront of the perishable remains of H.R.H Tsar Boris.The suddenly death sink Bulgaria in deep mourning..
Tsaritsa Ioanna,Prince Cyril and the Princesses Eudoxia,Nadejda and the Minister Bogdan Filov, August 1943
Nadejda,Eudoxia and Cyril going out of the temple Alexander Nevski.
