Nedev twice requested an audience with Tsar Boris III and insisted that no Jewish men who risked their lives for Bulgaria 's freedom be sentenced to death .
At Hitler 's insistence , Bulgaria began its genocide of Jews in 1939 .
Nedev twice requested an audience with Tsar Boris III and insisted that no Jews men who risked their lives for Bulgaria 's freedom be sentenced to death .
At Hitler 's insistence , Bulgaria began its genocide of Jews in 1939 .