Jacky Comforty and Martha Aladjem Bloomfield, *Stories We Were Never Told: Visualizing the Holocaust in Bulgaria and Beyond*. Self-Published by Jacky Comforty, 2026.

Send us Fan MailFor many years, the Holocaust in Bulgaria remained poorly studied, inadequately represented, and obscured by various political and economic agendas. A common myth arose, claiming that no Holocaust took place in Bulgaria. The narrative of the Jewish community that lived through these times has yet to be fully told. A combination of resistance and political and social factors enabled most Bulgarian Jews to survive the Holocaust, despite facing extremely difficult and harsh conditions. The Bulgarian government did not protect its Jewish citizens in Nazi-occupied Europe, leading to their deportation to Auschwitz. Jews living in territories annexed by Bulgaria were deported and later murdered in Treblinka. At least 12,000 Jews fell victim to Bulgaria's role in the Final Solution.The author, Jacky (Jacob) Comforty, was previously interviewed by Ari Barbalat on the *New Books in Jewish Studies* podcast regarding his prior book: Jack (Jacob) Comforty (with Martha Aladjem Bloomfield), *The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews and the Holocaust*. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021.Link: https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-stolen-narrative-of-the-bulgarian-jews-and-the-holocaustLink: https://newbooksnetwork.com/more-on-bulgarian-jews-and-the-holocaust