Frederick B. Chary (August 18, 1939 – November 14, 2020) was an American historian, emeritus professor of history at Indiana University Northwest, College of Arts and Sciences.[1][2] He was past president and sponsor of the North American Bulgarian Studies Association.[3]
Education
editChary earned an A.B. at University of Pennsylvania in 1962, and an M.A. and Ph.D. at University of Pittsburgh in 1963 and 1968, respectively.[4] He was a Fulbright Scholar.
Career
editChary had been at the faculty of Indiana University Northwest since 1967.[5]
Chary served as guest lecturer at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute.
He was the author of numerous published articles on the history of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Jews. His book "The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution" was published in 1972. It earned a very positive echo in Bulgaria and in Jewish circles.[6] The book described the methods of the country's leadership and public to save the Bulgarian Jews from deportation to German death camps, the only case where the entire Jewish community of a German ally survived during the Second World War.[7]
Chary traveled for his research Germany, Great Britain, Poland and the former Soviet Union. He visited also Israel for studies on the Holocaust. In Bulgaria, he spent several months for studies in history archives and libraries. For his merits on Bulgarian and Jewish studies he was decorated by the Bulgarian National Assembly.[8]
Death
editChary was in physical therapy when he contracted COVID-19, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. He died from complications of COVID-19 in November 2020, at the age of 81.[9]
Selected publications
edit- The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution 1940–1944. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1972. ISBN 0-8229-3251-2.[10]
- The History of Bulgaria. Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, 2011, ISBN 978-0-313-38446-2
- CHUTZPAH AND NAÏVETÉ: AN AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENT BURSTS THROUGH THE IRON CURTAIN TO DO RESEARCH IN BULGARIA. Xlibris. 2014. ISBN 978-1-4990-4440-9 – via Google Books.
References
edit- ^ "Frederick B. Chary Ph.D. (1939 - 2020)". Post-Tribune. November 17, 2020.
- ^ Kinsman, Clare D., ed. (1975). "CHARY, Frederick B(arry) 1939-". Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Work. Vol. 49–52. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8103-0024-9. Retrieved April 6, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "IX Joint Meeting of North American and Bulgarian Scholars held by the Bulgarian Studies Association and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences". University of Oregon. May 31 – June 2, 2012. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ "Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies: Meet Our Faculty". Indiana University Northwest. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ "Scholarly Publications and Creative Achievements". Indiana University Northwest. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ Oren, Nissan (September 1975). "Book Review: The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution 1940-1944 by Frederick B. Chary (Pittsburgh, PA: The University of Pittsburgh Press. 1972. Pp. 246. $9.95)". The American Political Science Review. 69 (3): 1063–1064. doi:10.2307/1958472. JSTOR 1958472. S2CID 148044355.
- ^ Chary, Frederick B. (1972). The Bulgarian Jews and the final solution, 1940-1944. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0822932512. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB).
- ^ "Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile". Indiana University Northwest. Archived from the original on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ "Frederick B. Chary". COVID-19 Wall of Memories. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Clarke, James F. (April 1976). "Reviewed Work: Frederick B. Chary. The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution, 1940–1944. [Pittsburgh:] University of Pittsburgh Press. 1972. Pp. xiv, 246. $9.95". American Historical Review. 81 (2): 419–420. doi:10.1086/ahr/81.2.419-a.
External links
edit- "Frederick B. Chary Ph.D. (1939 - 2020)". Post-Tribune. November 17, 2020.
- Lovellay, Amy (November 29, 2020). "Former IU-Northwest prof's death from COVID-19 angers his widow: 'I was ready to lead an army of COVID widows to Washington'". Post-Tribune. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- [1] Frederick B. Chary, Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences, IU Northwest, Professor Emeritus of History
- [2] Library of Congress, Frederick B. Chary
- Works by or about Frederick B. Chary at the Internet Archive