Tag #124599 - Interview #78517 (Leon Yako Anzhel)

I was friends mainly with Jews from the Jewish school but had some Bulgarian contacts as well, mainly from our neighborhood. At that time, after World War I [7], and after the establishment of fascism in Italy at the time of Mussolini [8], there existed an organization called ‘Homeland Protection’ [9] and in that organization there were some fascist ideas. It was the predecessor of the organizations Brannik [10] and Otets Paisii [11]. It existed until 1934 after the coup on 19th May [12] and after that it wasn’t on the agenda. I can’t say what happened to it. I remember we had a neighbor who was its member. They used to wear black shirts and were under the strong influence of Mussolini. Their slogan was ‘Bulgaria, Liberate Yourself!