80 years after the Bloody Christmas

Today we mark 80 years since the so-called "Bloody Christmas". On January 7, 1945, the mass killing and mistreatment of thousands of Bulgarians in Vardar Macedonia began because of their Bulgarian identity. The bloodbath was prepared on the personal orders of marshal Josip Broz Tito and was led by the local communist leader Lazar Koliševski. The goal of the action was to erase Bulgarian identity in Macedonia and impose Serbization.