Towards Reconciliation. Yugoslav-Bulgarian League in Belgrade (1933‒1941)
Towards Reconciliation. Yugoslav-Bulgarian League in Belgrade (1933‒1941)

Summary/Abstract: The Yugoslav-Bulgarian League in Belgrade was founded on 24 September 1933. Its main task was “to study the social conditions in Bulgaria in economic, political, and cultural-educational terms as well to spread the idea on Yugoslav-Bulgarian brotherhood as a common interest of vital significance”. Governing bodies of the League were Executive and Supervisory Board whose members were elected by the Leagues’s Assembly. This rep-resentative body was responsible for the entire operation of the League, including its re-ports and proclamations. At the same time similar association was established in Sofia as the main partner of the League.During the interwar period, the Yugoslav-Bulgarian League in Belgrade created, organized, supported and participated in a number of cultural and business events related to the promotion of Yugoslav-Bulgarian rapprochement. The most important among them were exhibitions, concerts, literary evenings, field trips, parties, etc. The Belgrade League had published eight books during its existence. Yugoslav-Bulgarian rapprochement was also achieved by frequent mutual visits organized by both Belgrade and Sofia Association.In April 1941, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria became enemies again which restored hos-tility, denying all the positive results that Yugoslav-Bulgarian League in Belgrade and similar associations on the both sides.

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