abdication in favor of his grandson, fled to england, and the royal throne was solemnly burned. in piazza bassiliafrance became the spark that ignited the liberal uprising in many european countries. this series of revolutions was later called the spring of nations. nicholas i was very afraid that the revolutionary infection would spread to russia; he began to tighten the screws, strengthened censorship, and began persecuting freethinkers. 22 february 1943 bulgarians agreed to hand over thracian and macedonian jews to the germans. the bulgarians were on the side then. jews from occupied greek and macedonian territories to the triblinka concentration camp in poland. the germans themselves had to carry out the deportation. about 11 thousand jews were to be brought out, but the germans were promised 20,000, so the missing number were arrested, in fact, on the territory of bulgaria. all those sent to treblinka were killed, only ten managed to escape. the practice was planned to continue, but in bulgaria there were forces that opposed anti-semitic policy. on the initiative of the bulgarian... politicia