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Picture from the Lukov march in the centre of Sofia in 2019.
The march was scheduled to darken the streets of Sofia once again on February 13, but the police did not allow those who convened for the march to disrupt the public order thanks to Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, Bulgaria Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the Supreme Administrative Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Anti-Semitism Coordinator Georg Georgiev.
A planned neo-Nazi march in the streets of Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, was finally not allowed to take place.
The march was meant to honor WWII-era general and Nazi collaborator Hristo Lukov.
Bulgarian far-right nationalists pay tribute to dead pro-Nazi World War II general Storm Gifford
Far-right nationalists gathered in Bulgaria’s capital on Saturday to honor a late World War II general known for his pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic views.
Hundreds of supporters of the Bulgarian National Union gathered in a Sofia square to commence the annual Lukov March, a torch-lit procession held every February to the former house of Hristo Lukov, who was killed by resistance movement members on Feb. 13, 1943, reported The Associated Press.
Embassies, human rights groups and political parties vehemently condemned the event.
“All U.S. citizens are advised to avoid the areas impacted by the annual Lukov March, planned for Saturday,” read a warning Saturday on the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria website. “The march is expected to start at the National Palace of Culture at approximately 5:00 p.m., but we advise U.S. citizens to avoid the area from noon.”
SEVERAL dozen anti-fascists rallied in Sofia on Saturday in protest against a far-right commemoration of pro-Nazi World War II general Hristo Lukov.
Neonazis have held rallies in honour of Lukov, the head of the fascist and anti-semitic Union of Bulgarian National Legions from 1932-43, since 2003 on February 13, the anniversary of his 1943 assassination by communist partisans Ivan Burudzhiev and Violeta Yakova, the latter of whom was hunted down and executed aged just 21 the following year.
This year’s rally was prohibited but far-right militants gathered in Sofia to lay flowers at Lukov’s former house, with police facilitating their doing so in small groups because of Covid restrictions. Many bore flaming torches as carried at Nazi rallies, and now at marches organised by Ukrainian fascists honouring Nazi collaborators such as Stepan Bandera.
Far-right nationalists gathered in Bulgaria s capital Saturday to honor a late World War II general known for his anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi activities.