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Special report: Study casts light on extreme right rallies across numerous Europan cities propagating Holocaust denial and hatred towards Israel and Jews

SEVERAL dozen anti-fascists rallied in Sofia on Saturday in protest against a far-right commemoration of pro-Nazi World War II general Hristo Lukov. Neonazis have held rallies in honour of Lukov, the head of the fascist and anti-semitic Union of Bulgarian National Legions from 1932-43, since 2003 on February 13, the anniversary of his 1943 assassination by communist partisans Ivan Burudzhiev and Violeta Yakova, the latter of whom was hunted down and executed aged just 21 the following year. This year’s rally was prohibited but far-right militants gathered in Sofia to lay flowers at Lukov’...

As has become customary in recent years, an event titled “No Nazis on our streets” will be held on February 13 at noon outside the Central Mineral Baths in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, in response to the Lukov March later the same day. The Lukov March, an event in honour of a pro-Nazi general and which draws neo-Nazis from other parts of Europe, has been held in Sofia every February since 2003, with the exception of 2020, when it was successfully banned. The Lukov March is the subject of a petition on change.org entitled “Stop fascist manifestations in the Bulgarian public space”.