Rodna Zashtita (Bulgarian: Родна Защита), meaning Native Defense, was a nationalist, anti-Semitic, fascist organization that operated in Bulgaria from before 1923 to 1936. At its peak in the late 1920s, it had tens of thousands of members.[1]
Rodna Zashtita had an anti-agrarian, anti-communist, and anti-Semitic ideology. In addition, the organization opposed the Freemasons. The organization advocated corporatism and demanded the abolition of political parties. The organisation's members wore black shirts, saluted with a fascist salute and spread propaganda of love for Bulgaria and preaching sacrifice for the homeland.[2] The organization has been classified as "proto-fascist" by the researcher of fascism in Bulgaria, Nikolai Poppetrov.[3] Rodna Zashtita sporadically committed attacks upon Bulgarian Turks.[4] In 1933, the group attacked the Turkish cemetery in Razgrad.[5] After 1936, its members merged with the Ratnik organization.[6]
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edit- ^ Poppetrov, Nikolay (2008). Фашизмът в България. Развитие и прояви. „Кама“. ISBN 978-954-9890-92-1.
- ^ Gerhard Schreiber; Bernd Stegemann; Detlef Vogel (1995). Germany and the Second World War. Oxford University Press. p. 330. ISBN 9780198228844.
- ^ Roumen Daskalov (January 2011). Debating the Past. Central European University Press. p. 162. ISBN 9786155053009.
- ^ Mary C. Neuberger (15 May 2011). The Orient Within. Cornell University Press. p. 179. ISBN 9781501720239.
- ^ Hande Sözer (2014). Managing Invisibility. Brill. p. 78.
- ^ Jacky Comforty; Martha Aladjem Bloomfield. The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews and the Holocaust. p. 93.
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