Union of Bulgarian National Legions
| Union of Bulgarian National Legions | |
|---|---|
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| Party leader | Lieutenant General Christo Lukow |
| founding | 1933 |
| Headquarters | Sofia |
| newspaper | Prelom |
| Alignment | Fascism , radical anti-Semitism and nationalism |
The Union of the Bulgarian National Legions ( Bulgarian Съюз на Българските Национални Легиони , SBNL for short) was founded in 1930 by several students in the Bulgarian capital Sofia as an impartial, anti-communist , patriotic youth movement . The federal newspaper was called National Leader (Народен Водач).
From 1933 the movement was led by Christo Lukow , a Bulgarian army general and former commander of the 13th Bulgarian Division in the last days of the First World War . Under his leadership it became a fascist organization that enjoyed some support from the German Reich . Despite this support, the movement did not get beyond the status of a far-right splinter group.
After Bulgaria entered the war on the side of the Axis powers , the federal government was able to increase its political influence a little. After the occupation of Bulgaria by the Red Army in World War II and the rise of the Communists between September 9 and 12, 1944, several hundred leading figures and members across the country were captured by the Communists, murdered or disappeared forever.
After Lukov was murdered on February 13, 1943 by a communist partisan group, the movement disintegrated and disbanded before the end of the war.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Български демократчен форум ( Memento from April 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Lukov and his Legionnaires: The record speaks . In: The Sofia Globe . February 15, 2018 ( sofiaglobe.com [accessed February 19, 2018]).
- ↑ Lukov and his Legionnaires: The record speaks . In: The Sofia Globe . February 15, 2018 ( sofiaglobe.com [accessed February 19, 2018]).
- ↑ The upcoming right-wing extremist Lukov March in Sofia . In: jungle.world . ( jungle.world [accessed February 19, 2018]).