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No government allied with, or occupied, by Germany, could withstand Hitler’s demands to give up their Jews for total extermination by the Nazis under the Final Solution. Well, that is not quite true, and that is the crux of Wily Fox. Little Bulgaria, allied with Hitler in World War II, did just that. This is the story of how King Boris III out maneuvered and outwitted Hitler and used Hitler’s own lies against him to protect Bulgaria’s Jews.
The life of King Boris holds its own fascination. Boris was fluent in many languages, including French, German, Italian, English, Turkish, Greek, and Russian. He was an expert in botany, zoology, and mechanical engines. He could repair most any vehicle and would often stop on the road to help a motorist with car trouble. He’d mingle with the common people, sometimes incognito. He had a natural curiosity and was friendly with everyone from all classes. The diminutive king, in exciting scenes, survived several assassination attempts by virtue of his own bravery and wiles. Hitler did not call him the Wily Fox for nothing!
When, at the height of World War II, the leaders of the Bulgarian church, the Metropolitans, and leaders of some political parties pressured the king to save Bulgaria’s Jews, it was obvious that Boris was not averse to doing so, although he had already surrendered the non-Bulgarian Jews from Trace and Macedonia, areas Hitler put under his control. Be a witness to the terrors the Jews experienced at being rounded up for shipment to the killing camps in Germany and Poland
But there were also many government leaders and officials who were Nazis themselves and each tried to outdo the other to do Hitler’s bidding to round up the Jews of Bulgaria and ship them to the German concentration camps for extermination. This is the story of how the church leaders, some politicians and some ordinary citizens, both physically and morally, and at the risk of their lives, thwarted the efforts of the Bulgarian Nazis in charge of rounding up the Jews.
However, all these efforts in Bulgaria would have come to naught if Boris could not continually put off Hitler’s demands to cough up his Jews. The story takes you, on several different occasions, into Hitler’s headquarters where the Fuhrer time and again confronts the Bulgarian king, who stands up to him, carefully explaining why he couldn’t release his Jews “just now” because they were needed for the war effort, actually building on Hitler’s own lies regarding the Jews and throwing back at him. Boris’ actions were not completely heroic, however, because he had to surrender to Hitler the 12,000 Jews in Trace and Macedonia to stave off having to surrender to the Nazis the 40,000 Jews in Bulgaria proper.
In a final confrontation scene, Hitler is unable to frighten the small king with his hysterics and finally appears to resort to ordering his minions to take the king’s life.
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The life of King Boris holds its own fascination. Boris was fluent in many languages, including French, German, Italian, English, Turkish, Greek, and Russian. He was an expert in botany, zoology, and mechanical engines. He could repair most any vehicle and would often stop on the road to help a motorist with car trouble. He’d mingle with the common people, sometimes incognito. He had a natural curiosity and was friendly with everyone from all classes. The diminutive king, in exciting scenes, survived several assassination attempts by virtue of his own bravery and wiles. Hitler did not call him the Wily Fox for nothing!
When, at the height of World War II, the leaders of the Bulgarian church, the Metropolitans, and leaders of some political parties pressured the king to save Bulgaria’s Jews, it was obvious that Boris was not averse to doing so, although he had already surrendered the non-Bulgarian Jews from Trace and Macedonia, areas Hitler put under his control. Be a witness to the terrors the Jews experienced at being rounded up for shipment to the killing camps in Germany and Poland
But there were also many government leaders and officials who were Nazis themselves and each tried to outdo the other to do Hitler’s bidding to round up the Jews of Bulgaria and ship them to the German concentration camps for extermination. This is the story of how the church leaders, some politicians and some ordinary citizens, both physically and morally, and at the risk of their lives, thwarted the efforts of the Bulgarian Nazis in charge of rounding up the Jews.
However, all these efforts in Bulgaria would have come to naught if Boris could not continually put off Hitler’s demands to cough up his Jews. The story takes you, on several different occasions, into Hitler’s headquarters where the Fuhrer time and again confronts the Bulgarian king, who stands up to him, carefully explaining why he couldn’t release his Jews “just now” because they were needed for the war effort, actually building on Hitler’s own lies regarding the Jews and throwing back at him. Boris’ actions were not completely heroic, however, because he had to surrender to Hitler the 12,000 Jews in Trace and Macedonia to stave off having to surrender to the Nazis the 40,000 Jews in Bulgaria proper.
In a final confrontation scene, Hitler is unable to frighten the small king with his hysterics and finally appears to resort to ordering his minions to take the king’s life.
WILY FOX
No government allied with, or occupied, by Germany, could withstand Hitler’s demands to give up their Jews for total extermination by the Nazis under the Final Solution. Well, that is not quite true, and that is the crux of Wily Fox. Little Bulgaria, allied with Hitler in World War II, did just that. This is the story of how King Boris III out maneuvered and outwitted Hitler and used Hitler’s own lies against him to protect Bulgaria’s Jews.
The life of King Boris holds its own fascination. Boris was fluent in many languages, including French, German, Italian, English, Turkish, Greek, and Russian. He was an expert in botany, zoology, and mechanical engines. He could repair most any vehicle and would often stop on the road to help a motorist with car trouble. He’d mingle with the common people, sometimes incognito. He had a natural curiosity and was friendly with everyone from all classes. The diminutive king, in exciting scenes, survived several assassination attempts by virtue of his own bravery and wiles. Hitler did not call him the Wily Fox for nothing!
When, at the height of World War II, the leaders of the Bulgarian church, the Metropolitans, and leaders of some political parties pressured the king to save Bulgaria’s Jews, it was obvious that Boris was not averse to doing so, although he had already surrendered the non-Bulgarian Jews from Trace and Macedonia, areas Hitler put under his control. Be a witness to the terrors the Jews experienced at being rounded up for shipment to the killing camps in Germany and Poland
But there were also many government leaders and officials who were Nazis themselves and each tried to outdo the other to do Hitler’s bidding to round up the Jews of Bulgaria and ship them to the German concentration camps for extermination. This is the story of how the church leaders, some politicians and some ordinary citizens, both physically and morally, and at the risk of their lives, thwarted the efforts of the Bulgarian Nazis in charge of rounding up the Jews.
However, all these efforts in Bulgaria would have come to naught if Boris could not continually put off Hitler’s demands to cough up his Jews. The story takes you, on several different occasions, into Hitler’s headquarters where the Fuhrer time and again confronts the Bulgarian king, who stands up to him, carefully explaining why he couldn’t release his Jews “just now” because they were needed for the war effort, actually building on Hitler’s own lies regarding the Jews and throwing back at him. Boris’ actions were not completely heroic, however, because he had to surrender to Hitler the 12,000 Jews in Trace and Macedonia to stave off having to surrender to the Nazis the 40,000 Jews in Bulgaria proper.
In a final confrontation scene, Hitler is unable to frighten the small king with his hysterics and finally appears to resort to ordering his minions to take the king’s life.
The life of King Boris holds its own fascination. Boris was fluent in many languages, including French, German, Italian, English, Turkish, Greek, and Russian. He was an expert in botany, zoology, and mechanical engines. He could repair most any vehicle and would often stop on the road to help a motorist with car trouble. He’d mingle with the common people, sometimes incognito. He had a natural curiosity and was friendly with everyone from all classes. The diminutive king, in exciting scenes, survived several assassination attempts by virtue of his own bravery and wiles. Hitler did not call him the Wily Fox for nothing!
When, at the height of World War II, the leaders of the Bulgarian church, the Metropolitans, and leaders of some political parties pressured the king to save Bulgaria’s Jews, it was obvious that Boris was not averse to doing so, although he had already surrendered the non-Bulgarian Jews from Trace and Macedonia, areas Hitler put under his control. Be a witness to the terrors the Jews experienced at being rounded up for shipment to the killing camps in Germany and Poland
But there were also many government leaders and officials who were Nazis themselves and each tried to outdo the other to do Hitler’s bidding to round up the Jews of Bulgaria and ship them to the German concentration camps for extermination. This is the story of how the church leaders, some politicians and some ordinary citizens, both physically and morally, and at the risk of their lives, thwarted the efforts of the Bulgarian Nazis in charge of rounding up the Jews.
However, all these efforts in Bulgaria would have come to naught if Boris could not continually put off Hitler’s demands to cough up his Jews. The story takes you, on several different occasions, into Hitler’s headquarters where the Fuhrer time and again confronts the Bulgarian king, who stands up to him, carefully explaining why he couldn’t release his Jews “just now” because they were needed for the war effort, actually building on Hitler’s own lies regarding the Jews and throwing back at him. Boris’ actions were not completely heroic, however, because he had to surrender to Hitler the 12,000 Jews in Trace and Macedonia to stave off having to surrender to the Nazis the 40,000 Jews in Bulgaria proper.
In a final confrontation scene, Hitler is unable to frighten the small king with his hysterics and finally appears to resort to ordering his minions to take the king’s life.
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| BN ID: | 2940012987778 |
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| Publisher: | CARL STEINHOUSE |
| Publication date: | 03/15/2010 |
| Series: | LIVING HISTORY-HOLOCAUST , #5 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 220 |
| File size: | 792 KB |
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