‘The Bulgarian political class, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the vast majority of the Bulgarian nation withstood a moral test of noble growth and selflessness, which unfortunately many other national communities failed to successfully pass’,
-H. E. Mr Marin Raykov,
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Court of St. James
‘The awareness of the worth of significance of the act of Salvation of our fellow Jews during the Second World War is greatly important not just for the proclamation of our historical memory and identity, but also for the influence on our moral system and moral values of today’,
-H. E. Mr Marin Raykov,
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Court of St. James
‘It is not only about remembrance it is about the memory, the memory that is translated to wide strokes, a cry that comes out of the body while creating a new form of memory’
H. E. Irit Lillian,
Ambassador of the State of Israel to Bulgaria
‘Although many survivors are disappearing from our world, the memory is kept by their descendants who made a vow ‘Do Not Forget’,
H. E. Irit Lillian,
Ambassador of the State of Israel to Bulgaria
‘Dorian Hirsch is looking into the ‘Order of Chaos’ presenting the old demons but reflecting on the unique story of the Salvation of 48,000 Jews in Bulgaria while David King Reuben lets the feelings flow without limitations into a new sphere. I was deeply impressed by the artist's attempt to portray the memory, to reach the heart and the mind’
H. E. Irit Lillian,
Ambassador of the State of Israel to Bulgaria
‘I got out of the exhibition with a feeling of freedom and hope - for a better future, for a reality in which the vanishing of the witnesses does not hurt the memory’
H. E. Irit Lillian,
Ambassador of the State of Israel to Bulgaria
‘Polina shared with me her vision: the concept of the exhibition and the artistic content she was hoping to include. The photographs were striking and beautiful,
Hephzibah Rudofsky, Second-generation Survivor
Daughter of Holocaust Survivor - Lady Zahava Kohn MBE
‘I realised this was no ordinary portrait photography exhibition. It was an exciting interpretation of a painful subject’,
Hephzibah Rudofsky, Second-generation Survivor
Daughter of Holocaust Survivor - Lady Zahava Kohn MBE
‘Polina’s passion, warmth and humanity were magnetic and I felt myself being irresistibly drawn into this project’
Hephzibah Rudofsky, Second-generation Survivor
Daughter of Holocaust Survivor - Lady Zahava Kohn MBE
‘People like Polina make this world a better place’
Tim Jackson,
Former Journalist of the Financial Times
‘Wonderful exhibition of unknown events. The exhibition reminded me of the beautiful feeling of Love and Destinies as portrayed in the movie ‘The Professor and the Madman’.
Irene C, Bulgarian Embassy
London, 19.10.2020
‘I would like to welcome this exhibition, which is part of a larger project related to the Saving of the Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust - a major historical event to which the European historical memory remains indebted’
-H. E. Mr Marin Raykov,
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Court of St. James