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All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews.  \nPhotographs from the Jacques Yulzari Private collection Jacket design by Zahava Teper  \nMap by Jeffrey L. Ward  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword  \nIntroduction  \nAcknowledgments  \nCHAPTER ONE: Alarm  \nCHAPTER TWO: The Fox  \nCHAPTER THREE: The Law for the Defense of the Nation  \nCHAPTER FOUR: The Commissar  \nCHAPTER FIVE: An Order for Deportation  \nCHAPTER SIX: The Lovers  \nCHAPTER SEVEN: A Thracian Nightmare  \nCHAPTER EIGHT: Boxcars at the Station  \nCHAPTER NINE: An Order from the Highest Place  \nCHAPTER TEN: Trains  \nCHAPTER ELEVEN: Forty-Three Signatures  \nCHAPTER TWELVE: The Bluff  \nCHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Metropolitans  \nCHAPTER FOURTEEN: Belev’s Devious Plan  \nCHAPTER FIFTEEN: Despair  \nCHAPTER SIXTEEN: The King Has Vanished  \nCHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Belev’s Revenge  \nCHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Last Effort  \nCHAPTER NINETEEN: The Mysterious Death of Boris III  \nCHAPTER TWENTY: A Body in a Ditch  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The Hour of Reckoning  \nEpilogue  \nNotes  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFOREWORD  \nS ince its publication in 1998, Beyond Hitler ’s Grasp has had a  \nprofound impact on public opinion in the United States and abroad. The book tour has not ended yet, and audiences nationwide, in Holocaust memorials, universities, community centers, synagogues, and churches have been are exposed to the unique story of the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews. The author has spoken twice at the Washington Holocaust Museum—once introduced by the president of Bulgaria—and appeared on national television, radio shows, and a multitude of press interviews.  \nThe book was also published in Israel and Bulgaria, where President Stoyanov decorated the author with the “Horseman of Madara” medal. The American Anti-Defamation League distributed 20,000 copies to Bulgarian students, teachers, government officials, and Army officers, to teach the young generation what people had done to rescue their Jewish co-citizens from certain death.  \nThe documentary based on the book, directed and produced by Nitzan Aviram, premiered in New York on December 5, 2000, to rave reviews. Since then, it has been shown in Sofia, Bulgaria to the President, the Cabinet, the Princes of the Church, and Members of Parliament. The film premiered in Israel with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres as guest of honor. It will soon be shown in London and Paris, and then on television screens worldwide. Already, large audiences in New York, Atlanta, Boston, Houston, and other cities have seen the film in special screenings.  \nThe exceptional interest in the unique story told in Beyond Hitler ’s Grasp has motivated us to publish this paperback edition. We believe it will make it accessible to a larger audience . . . the story of the amazing events of March 9, 1943 and the following weeks, in a small country in the Balkans that dared to say “No” to Hitler.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nINTRODUCTION  \nO n a glorious November day in 1948, a long freight train ground to a  \nhalt at the Bulgarian-Yugoslav border. More than a thousand Jewish passengers stepped out of the crowded boxcars, stretching their numb limbs. The night before, at Sofia station, they had set off on their long journey to a secluded harbor in neighboring Yugoslavia, to board a ship sailing for Israel. They were part of a massive wave of immigration that, ina short period of time, would carry to the newborn state of Israel more than 90 percent of Bulgaria’s fifty thousand Jews.  \nI was one of these thousands, a little boy immigrating to Israel with my parents and baby sister. I jumped out of the dark, foulsmelling boxcar and looked around. We were in a lush","cbCaiiFIIYU3osPE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiFIIYU3osPE","pdf",3413609,288,"English","# Contents\n## Foreword\n## Introduction\n## CHAPTER ONE: Alarm\n## CHAPTER TWO: The Fox\n## CHAPTER THREE: The Law for the Defense of the Nation\n## CHAPTER FOUR: The Commissar\n## CHAPTER FIVE: An Order for Deportation\n## CHAPTER SIX: The Lovers\n## CHAPTER SEVEN: A Thracian Nightmare\n## CHAPTER EIGHT: Boxcars at the Station\n## CHAPTER NINE: An Order from the Highest Place\n## CHAPTER TEN: Trains\n## CHAPTER ELEVEN: Forty-Three Signatures\n## CHAPTER TWELVE: The Bluff\n## CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Metropolitans\n## CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Belev’s Devious Plan\n## CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Despair\n## CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The King Has Vanished\n## CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Belev’s Revenge\n## CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Last Effort\n## CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Mysterious Death of Boris III\n## CHAPTER TWENTY: A Body in a Ditch\n## CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The Hour of Reckoning\n## Epilogue\n## Notes","[{\"question\":\"What historical events does Beyond Hitler’s Grasp emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The book centers on the dramatic events of March 9, 1943 and the following weeks surrounding the rescue of Bulgaria’s Jews.\"},{\"question\":\"How are Bulgaria’s Jews connected to the escape to Yugoslavia and Israel?\",\"answer\":\"The narrative describes a journey in boxcars to a secluded harbor in neighboring Yugoslavia, enabling immigration to Israel for the rescued Jewish passengers.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the book’s foreword highlight the story’s later impact?\",\"answer\":\"It explains how the book’s message influenced public opinion in the United States and abroad, including through a documentary premiere and wide screenings.\"}]","Beyond Hitler’s Grasp - Michael Bar-Zohar - Bulgaria’s Jews Rescue | PDF",444]