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Sunday, November 20, 2022

Visit of King Boris III of Bulgaria to Vinnitsa

Generalfeldmarschall Dr.Ing. Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (left, Chef Luftflotte 4 und Oberbefehlshaber Südost) with King Boris III of Bulgaria (moustached). The picture was taken in August 1943 during the visit of King Boris to Führerhauptquartier "Werwolf" in Vinnitsa, Ukraine. The first meeting between Richthofen and Boris took place in early 1941 when Richthofen moved his units into Bulgaria via Romania. He found the country primitive, and resolved to improve the infrastructure, particularly communications, for the invasion of Yugoslavia. He intended to operate 120 aircraft from Bulgarian airfields and moved them into place on 1 March 1941. While preparations were taking place he indulged in hunting and horse riding expeditions as a guest of the Bulgarian Royal Family. With Boris III of Bulgaria, he discussed dive-bombing techniques and the Corps' new aircraft, such as the Junkers Ju 88.

Source :
"Generalfeldmarshall Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen" by The German Army Publishers
https://www.bpk-bildagentur.de/shop

Friday, February 5, 2021

Stephen Balakchiev confectionery in Sofia, Bulgaria (1941)

Sofia, Bulgaria, during the German conquest of Balkan countries in 1941 (Bulgaria was one of the Axis countries at this time). It's hard to pinpoint the exact location in Sofia because there aren't any good points to use as reference. It is possibly in the corner of Blvd. Slivitnitsa and Ul. Knyaz Boris 1. At that time the city was quite small, so it's safe to say that this should be somewhere around "old centre" of modern Sofia. Some info on the shop: this should be the confectionery of one Stephen Balakchiev, which is one of the founders of sweets industry in post 1900s Bulgaria. Born in 1885, he learned pastry and cooking crafts in Vienna; then came back to Sofia to open his shop in 1910. His shop is one of the first in Bulgaria in which it was possible to taste an ice cream!

Source :
Akira Takiguchi photo collection
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10223018973136250&set=gm.1665293256989424