History of the Jews in Sofia

As per the 2021 Bulgarian census, the Jews in Sofia number around 901. Sofia had Jewish inhabitants before the ninth century; and in 811 the community was joined by coreligionists among the 30,000 prisoners whom the Bulgarian czar Krum brought with him on his return from an expedition against Thessaly, while a number of Jewish emigrants from the Byzantine Empire voluntarily settled in Sofia in 967.

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History of the Jews in Sofia

As per the 2021 Bulgarian census, the Jews in Sofia number around 901. Sofia had Jewish inhabitants before the ninth century; and in 811 the community was joined by coreligionists among the 30,000 prisoners whom the Bulgarian czar Krum brought with him on his return from an expedition against Thessaly, while a number of Jewish emigrants from the Byzantine Empire voluntarily settled in Sofia in 967.

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