The Power of Civil Society in a Time of Genocide: Proceedings of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Ortodox Church on the Rescue of the Jews in Bulgaria 1940-1944 This book contains the entire archive produced by the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and individual Bulgarian Metropolitans in the period 1940-1944 related to the "Jewish question" and the rescue of the Jews of Bulgaria. These are all original documents translated from Bulgarian: • Minutes of all Synod meetings devoted to the "Jewish Question" • Circular Letters suggesting reactions of the clergy • Memorandums and Petitions to King Boris III and the Prime Minister • Memoirs of Synod Members about the fate of the Jews in Bulg