The Bulgarian government has decided to honor three members of the Jewish community for their “fight against Fascism” during World War II. Receiving medals for their resistance work in Varna, Bulgaria’s third largest city, were Avram Leon Sevilia, Albert Missimov Efraimov, and Mrs. Marie Stoyanova-Levy. At the same time, a meeting was held dedicated to Bulgarian-Jewish friendship.
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