Dimitar Peshev (25 June 1894 - 25 February 1973) was the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

National Assembly of Bulgaria

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 and Minister of Justice during World War II

World War II

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. He rebelled against the pro-Nazi

Nazism

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 cabinet and prevented the Deportation of Bulgaria's 48,000 Jews.
King Boris

Boris III of Bulgaria

Boris III the Unifier, Tsar of Bulgaria , originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver , son of Ferdinand I, came to the throne in 1918 upon the abdication of his father, following the defeat of the Kingdom of Bulgaria during World War I...

 of Bulgaria joined in an alliance with Adolf Hitler

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 in 1940 agreeing to follow his anti-Semitic course. On September 7, 1942, Romania and Bulgaria, under the auspices of Germany, signed the "Law for protection of the nation

Law for protection of the nation

The Law for protection of the nation was a Bulgarian law, effective from 23 January 1941 to 27 November 1944, which directed measures against Jews and others...

", which was modeled upon the Nuremberg Laws

Nuremberg Laws

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