Tag: D-Day

10th June 2014

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by Jonathan Allen

Former Ambassador to Bulgaria

We Should Be Proud of Our History, Not Prisoners of It

Today, I am travelling to Obstina Thompson in Svoge Municipality, in the beautiful Iskar Gorge. I am taking part in a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Major Frank Thompson, executed by the forces of the wartime, pro-Nazi government. Thompson was a member of the British Communist Party. The partisans are of […]

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