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In September 1944 a squad of volunteers was formed under the command of the partisan commander Zhelyu Demirevski [21]. I went to the front with this squad. My grandpa passed away while I was at the front. I was in the Third Guards Regiment. There were many Jews who were volunteers in this regiment, also from other towns.
Zhelyu Demirevski was the commander of the ‘Kosta Petrov’ partisan detachment. Kosta Petrov was a communist, and the mayor of Dupnitsa from 1920 to 1921. He gave poor people places to build houses. He didn’t ask for rent from the power station close to Dupnitsa, which produced electricity for Sofia, but he demanded free electricity for the poorer citizens of Dupnitsa. One day, while on his way back from the power station to Dupnitsa, he was shot by Macedonians, who had been bribed by the rich people in the town, because of his activities in support of the poor. When he was buried it became evident that he wasn’t wearing a shirt, only a false shirtfront. He was sort of ascetic.
Zhelyu Demirevski was the commander of the ‘Kosta Petrov’ partisan detachment. Kosta Petrov was a communist, and the mayor of Dupnitsa from 1920 to 1921. He gave poor people places to build houses. He didn’t ask for rent from the power station close to Dupnitsa, which produced electricity for Sofia, but he demanded free electricity for the poorer citizens of Dupnitsa. One day, while on his way back from the power station to Dupnitsa, he was shot by Macedonians, who had been bribed by the rich people in the town, because of his activities in support of the poor. When he was buried it became evident that he wasn’t wearing a shirt, only a false shirtfront. He was sort of ascetic.
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Bulgaria
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