Българската държава срещу „буржоазната“ филантропия (1944–1952 г.)
The Bulgarian State against the “Bourgeois” Philanthropy (1944–1952)

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the main political streams of the Bulgarian state at the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s, which consist of the deliberate destruction of good and established charitable practices, of the idea to break the tradition of philanthropy and civil action, of the general compromising and rejection of the philanthropy as an ideology. The exposition contains a wide range of sources – laws and regulations, reports of State institutions and public organizations, police reports, court judgments etc. The different stages of the repressive policy are analyzed and a conclusion is reached, that by remaining the sole ‘donator’ the State creates itself preconditions for estrangement and disinterest of the society in regards to the unknown neighbor’s problems and also takes away from the society the feeling for joint responsibility to those in need.

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