Was there a fascist regime in Bulgaria?
Was there a fascist regime in Bulgaria?

Statement of Bulgarian historians

Summary/Abstract: In the statement, 22 leading Bulgarian scholars recall the historical facts and point out that in the period before the Second World War: 1. No leading fascist party was created in Bulgaria with the capability of claiming political power. Although certain fascist formations numbered several tens of thousands of members, their election results were deplorable. The only exception was the National Social Movement (NSD), the party of Aleksandar Tsankov. However, the NSD was formed on the basis of the party masses and the structures of a certain fraction of the ruling party during the period 1923-1931 (Democratic Alliance). 2. Fascism never came to power in Bulgaria. Fascist organizations did not participate in the government of the country during the entire period from the 1920s to the autumn of 1944. The regime established after 1934 was not led by a fascist party, it did not emit a fascist leader. Moreover, it was in opposition to the fascist organizations. 3. The regime had no fascist ideology. Strangely enough, the regime did not create a systematized ideology at all. 4. The rule of the country from 1934 to 1944 was authoritarian, but not fascist. For the entire decade of its existence, the political regime remained entirely non-partisan (typologized, according to the criteria introduced by H. Linz as authoritarian).

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