“I hope that when relations between Bulgaria and Serbia normalize, when it becomes possible, these issues will be discussed with goodwill, without politics. Then many people will rediscover the truth about their past and will accept Bulgaria as a close country to them, not a hostile one, as Serbia tries to present it.”
“...the hatred is not among the people, this hatred is among those who conduct politics...”
Part of the words of Associate Professor Dr. Spas Tashev from our conversation at the Pantheon of Mother Bulgaria and the fallen Bulgarian heroes in the battle of Gurgulyat. Spas Tashev is the first director of the Cultural and Information Center of the Republic of Bulgaria in Skopje and former Deputy Chairman of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad.
Recently, an anti-Bulgarian campaign has definitely been developing in Serbia, even supported by President Vučić. A documentary is being prepared, dedicated to the "Bulgarian atrocities" during the First World War. Such a film is a provocation, which, in the last 15-20 years, is not the first of its kind.
The history is quite different, as shown by historical sources and written documents. For example, the diary of Kosta Voynovich (1916-1917), which is now kept in the Bulgarian State Archives. Did you know that only the third Serbian researcher published not only selected parts of the diary but the entire diary? And what did it reveal?
Let Associate Professor Spas Tashev tell you himself in the video. And also some other interesting information, gathered in this video in one place and concentrated in a few minutes. Maybe this will guide you in your search for more information.
Enjoy watching.
Important information and at the same time a warning:
The purpose of this video is in no way to incite or encourage hostility or even hatred. The video provides information from an expert, information whose sources are also directly mentioned in the video and can also be verified in many sources that are not so inaccessible today. Approach the content without hostility or hatred, with the idea of restoring historical truth.
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