The Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party (Bulgarian language

Bulgarian language

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:Българска Национал Социалистическа Работническа Партия) was a Nazi

Nazism

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 party based in the Kingdom of Bulgaria

Kingdom of Bulgaria

The Kingdom of Bulgaria was established as an independent state when the Principality of Bulgaria, an Ottoman vassal, officially proclaimed itself independent on October 5, 1908 . This move also formalised the annexation of the Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia, which had been under the control...

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It was one of a number of anti-Semitic groups to emerge in Bulgaria after the rise of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

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 in Germany

Germany

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, with other notable groups including the Union of Bulgarian National Legions

Union of Bulgarian National Legions

The Union of Bulgarian National Legions was a fascist organization in Bulgaria that was formed in 1933.Also known as the Legionnaires’ Association, the movement was founded and led by Hristo Lukov, a Bulgarian army general who had commanded the 13th Division during the closing days of World War I...

 and Ratnik

Ratnik

Ratniks for the Advancement of the Bulgarian National Spirit or "Ратник" was a Bulgarian Nationalist organization founded in 1936. Its ideas were close to the German National Socialism, including far-right Nationalism, Antisemitism, but also loyalty to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Ratnik was a...

. The party was established by Doctor

Doctor (title)

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 Hristo Kunchev or Kuntscheff in 1932, who had studied medicine in Berlin

Berlin

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. The party sought to copy the Nazi Party by adopting the National Socialist Program

National Socialist Program

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, the swastika

Swastika

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 and other symbols of the German party. Like most of its competitors on the far right

Far right

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 it was an ephemeral group with only a small membership. The party published a newspaper called "Attack!", similar to "Der Angriff" of Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

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. After the Bulgarian Communist Party

Bulgarian Communist Party

The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...

 established the People's Republic of Bulgaria the party was banned, although it had stopped existing much earlier.