The Bulgarian Monarch Who Said No to Hitler and Paid the Price: Tsar Boris III
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Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria walked a dangerous line during WWII. While allying with Hitler to regain lost territories, he refused to send troops against the Soviet Union and blocked deportations of Bulgaria’s Jews. In August 1943, he died suddenly after a stormy meeting with Hitler—was it natural, or was he poisoned? This film explores the complex legacy of a monarch caught between survival, defiance, and complicity.
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