fascinating reading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartuv   http://travelingluck.com/Asia/Israel/Yerushalayim/_294857_ Hartuv.html# local_map     Holocaust Bulgaria managed to save its entire 48,000-strong Jewish population during World War II from deportation to concentration camps , with Dimitar Peshev playing a crucial role in preventing the deportations, as well as Bulgarian Church officials and ordinary citizens.  8,500 Bulgarian Jews were