Filov and ninety-two other public officials were sentenced to death by a "People's Tribunal" on the afternoon of 1 February 1945 and executed by firing squad that night in Sofia cemetery.
Filov i 22 druga javna dužnosnika te večeri su bili osuđeni na smrt od strane "Narodnog suda" i u popodnevnim satima 1. veljače 1945. godine pogubljeni strijeljanjem na groblju u Sofiji.