Българското офицерство след 1944 г. Два примера от Самоков
The officers in the Bulgarian army after 1944. Two examples from Samokov

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the repression of Bulgarian officers conducted by the Communist regime (1944–1989). The general focus is on the lives of two officers from the town of Samokov, located near Sofia. The first is Colonel Konstantin Chichev, who was placed in Samokov for several years and lost his life in the Pazardzhik prison. More information about his life and military career can be found in a book and a paper written by the author. The second is General Vladimir Taninchev, who had all his property and the property of his family confiscated by the Communist state. His son Hristo, an officer who fought in WW2, and his daughters Elena and Viara were also repressed. Their fate is an example of the mass processes against all found guilty by the new state and leading to a series of suicides after the communist coup of 09.09.1944, confiscation of private property for the sake of the state, trials and imprisonment in concentration camps or prisons. Even families and relatives of the officers were persecuted from 1944 till the end of the regime in 1989.

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