Българо-албанските взаимоотношения от двете страни на демаркационната линия – 1941–1944 г.
Bulgarian-Albanian relations on both sides of the Line of 1941–1944

Summary/Abstract: Bulgaria and Albania are two Balkan countries that today do not adjoin one another, but this was not always the case. Like Bulgaria, Albania also could not bring together all the territories inhabited by Albanians. The outbreak of World War II created prerequisites for solving their problems. Albania was occupied by Italy and territories were annexed to it of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia populated by Albanians, but also by many Bulgarians especially in western Macedonia. Bulgaria, in turn governed areas where there were numerous Albanian population. Albanians charged in their area their laws, language and politics, as well as terror of which Bulgarian population suffered and began emigrating in the Bulgarian part of Macedonia. The border or demarcation line called ,,Wiener line“ during this period was characterized as dangerous and criminal. In the Bulgarian zone, Albanians organized resistance bands, and a boycott of Bulgarian institutions. All this led to a decrease in Bulgarian element in Western Macedonia due to its migration, and the repression and terror on both sides of the line were remembered, for a long time, with bitterness by the population. The unification of the Bulgarian lands of 1941-1944 unfortunately was short and did not include all lands densely populated with Bulgarians.

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