Hristo Lukov
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| Hristo Lukov | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 6, 1887 Varna, Kingdom of Bulgaria |
| Died | February 13, 1943 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Hristo Nikolov Lukov (Bulgarian: Христо Николов Луков) (January 6, 1887, Varna – February 13, 1943) was a Bulgarian general and politician, Minister of war, who led the right extremist Union of Bulgarian National Legions (UBNL).
He was the commanding General of the 13th Division of the Bulgarian Kingdom's Army during World War I,[citation needed] and later a Minister of War. During the Second World War he was a great supporter of the Axis powers, particularly Nazi Germany.
Due to his close relations with the Third Reich[1][2][3] and his activities as leader of UNBL, today Lukof is accused of being promoter of antisemitic ideas.[4]
Lukov was assassinated by Communist partisans.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees, 1991, ISBN 0-13-089301-3
[edit] References
- ^ Miller, L. (1975). Bulgaria during the Second World War. Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp. 73-5. ISBN 0804708703
- ^ Chary, F. B. (1972). The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution, 1940-1944. London: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 8-9. ISBN 0822984431
- ^ Chary, F. B. (2011). The history of Bulgaria. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, pp. 81-2. ISBN 0313384460
- ^ Press Release, Sofia, 12 February 2011: European Network against Racism insists «Lukov March» to be canceled, www.Enar-EU.org, 12.02.2011, http://cms.horus.be/files/99935/mediaarchive/national/activities/press_release_eng%20feb%202011.doc, retrieved 18.01.2012, "On 11 February 2011 Secretariat of European Network against Racism (ENAR) in Brussels sent a letter to Mrs. Jordanka Fandakova, the Mayor of Sofia Municipality. With this letter ENAR insists the Lukov March scheduled for tomorrow (12 February 2011) to be canceled. ENAR also is calling on the Municipality of Sofia to forbid such public demonstrations of racial and neo-Nazi ideas in the futures. [...]"
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