Istorija 20. Veka (Aug 2014)
Zločini Bugarske u Srbiji 1915-1918. Prilog istraživanju bugarske okupacije u Prvom svetskom ratu
Abstract
The research of the crimes committed by the Bulgaria on the occupied territories of Kingdom of Serbia in the First World War is related to the question of the character and aims of its occupation regime. The author stress that the mass crimes were part of the occupation policy of the Bulgarian Government in the Serbia. The main aim was the Bulgarisation of the conquered territories, and forced change of the ethnical character at those territories. On the contrary, the Austro-Hungarian occupation in the other parts of Serbia, have the intention to change the mindset of the inhabitants, but not to erase the existence of the Serbians as the nation. Bulgarian mass crimes were example of the hard violation of the international and war legislation during the occupation. The Serbian government collected systematically the facts about the Bulgarian crimes since it entered the war against Serbia in 1915. The facts and figures on the Bulgarian crimes were even published during the war, since those crimes were much drastically than of any other occupation force in Serbia. Later after the war at the peace conference, the delegation of the Kingdom SHS asked trial for the Bulgarian war crimes and even to the Bulgarian King Ferdinand. But, because of the relations among the Great Powers and peace process, all efforts was downscaled only to trials to several minor officers for the crimes committed in occupied Serbia.
