The top photo had exactly one thing on the back, "VII", too vague to scan. It's the second photo that's more interesting to me. 1943, Bulgaria is in the war and ruled by a Fascist, right wing government allied with the Germans. Still, people walk the streets and seem pretty happy. At the beginning of the war, Bulgaria embraced neutrality, but they found themselves on an invasion route to Yugoslavian and Greece. There was some fighting in Bulgaria, some of it involving a native resistance movement. Sadly for the Bulgarians they were over run by the Soviets near the end of World War 2. It's never a good thing to be between two warring factions.
Click on The Bulgarian School Boy Album in labels to see more from the collection.
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