Exposing Bulgarian Myths and Lies

[Risto the Great]

You're wondering why they had a few goes at it?

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Does it matter? Greek was only finally codified in 1977.

Don't think it's a matter of that.

[Risto the Great]

Does it matter? Greek was only finally codified in 1977.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Can anyone shed light on this? I believe I can confirm that a standard literary form of Bulgarian was not established until 1899 but can't find any information on these supposed other writing systems that were used in place up until then.

[Niko777]

It does seem a little uncommon in 1940s Balkans to be honest.

I'm assuming the Latin sign on the right in written in Italian and you can even see apart of the Italian flag during WWII (see below), and the sign on the left is written in German. Bulgaria allied itself with these countries during the war. The soldiers in the photo are probably German and Italian.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Good work, Niko.

The sign is being held up by a small thin pole, as is the case with the sign in the left of the photo.

It's not uncommon to have signs in different languages and different scripts at protests, rallies and demonstrations.

It does seem a little uncommon in 1940s Balkans to be honest.

[vicsinad]

Good work, Niko.

The sign is being held up by a small thin pole, as is the case with the sign in the left of the photo.

It's not uncommon to have signs in different languages and different scripts at protests, rallies and demonstrations.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Does anyone else find it weird that the other signs are written in Latin but the one that is debated whether it is or authentic or not is written in Cyrillic?

[Bill77]

ying. Here is a higher resolution photo. The building on the right is the church Sveta Sofiya in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Great work Niko

The other signs look like they are written in Latin though? The one is question is written in Cyrllic.

And well picked up LOM.

Great investigating lads...... thumbs up to you both.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

The other signs look like they are written in Latin though? The one is question is written in Cyrllic.

[Karposh]

The first time I saw the photo was with the sign. The other appeared years after on some Macedonian facebook group. The sign fits into the ideology of the Bulgarian occupation at the time. They were trying to make Macedonians think they are liberators who will unite Macedonia. They did the same thing in Lerin. Unification would later be followed by annexation, hence the slogan "One nation, one king, one kingdom". Not sure why this is so hard for people today to understand.



Tell your friends on facebook that by censoring/photoshoping images they are only giving more strength to our enemies and damaging the Macedonian cause, not the other way around.

One more thing. Whoever removed the sign from the photo AND said this photo was taken in Skopje was lying. Here is a higher resolution photo. The building on the right is the church Sveta Sofiya in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Perfect! That's exactly what I was looking for Niko - some context and some informed background information. Case closed on this Bulgarian propaganda piece of crap!!!

[Niko777]

One more thing. Whoever removed the sign from the photo AND said this photo was taken in Skopje was lying. Here is a higher resolution photo. The building on the right is the church Sveta Sofiya in Sofia, Bulgaria.

[tchaiku]

The Photoshopper did a great job it is hard to see any evidence but really how is that banner standing up?

[Niko777]

Thanks for the reply Niko. I had no reason to doubt the authenticity of the photo with the sign either but now that some conjecture has been thrown onto it, I felt I needed confirmation from someone who might know. Do you mind if I ask how you know it is the original one as you seem to have responded with some authority and confidence there.

The first time I saw the photo was with the sign. The other appeared years after on some Macedonian facebook group. The sign fits into the ideology of the Bulgarian occupation at the time. They were trying to make Macedonians think they are liberators who will unite Macedonia. They did the same thing in Lerin. Unification would later be followed by annexation, hence the slogan "One nation, one king, one kingdom". Not sure why this is so hard for people today to understand.

So many Maso's say it's fake

Tell your friends on facebook that by censoring/photoshoping images they are only giving more strength to our enemies and damaging the Macedonian cause, not the other way around.

[tchaiku]

Thanks for the reply Niko. I had no reason to doubt the authenticity of the photo with the sign either but now that some conjecture has been thrown onto it, I felt I needed confirmation from someone who might know. Do you mind if I ask how you know it is the original one as you seem to have responded with some authority and confidence there.

I wonder who is holding the map up.