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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bulgarian politician
Righteous Among the Nations
human
lawyer
associatedWithEvent Bulgarian resistance to the deportation of Jews in 1943
burialPlace Sofia
surface form: Sofia, Bulgaria
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 "St. Kliment Ohridski"
surface form: Sofia University
ethnicGroup Bulgarians
familyName Peshev
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Dimitar
surface form: Dimităr
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 self-link
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
surface form: Kyustendil, Bulgaria
placeOfDeath Sofia
surface form: Sofia, Bulgaria
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
surface form: 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
surface form: People's Court (Bulgaria)
wasImprisonedBy communist regime in Bulgaria
workLocation Sofia
surface form: Sofia, Bulgaria
yearOfRecognition 1973

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