Todor Angelov

Belgian resistance member

Todor Angelov Dzekov
Posthumous monument at Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Born	Todor Angelov Dzekov (1900-01-12)January 12, 1900 Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Died	November 30, 1943(1943-11-30) (aged 43) Fort Breendonk, Belgium
Cause of death	Execution
Known for	Member of the Belgian Resistance
Spouse	Aleksandra Sharlandzhieva
Awards	Order of Leopold

Todor Angelov Dzekov (Bulgarian: Тодор Ангелов Дзеков, rendered in French as Théodore Angheloff; 12 January 1900 – 30 November 1943) was a Bulgarian communist activist who lived in exile in Belgium for much of his adult life. He served in the Bulgarian Dimitrov Battalion during the Spanish Civil War.^[1] During the German occupation of Belgium, was a leader within the Partisans Armés as part of the Belgian Resistance. He was captured in January 1943 and executed in November 1943.^[1]

In Belgium, Angelov was an active supporter of the Communist Party of Belgium. In 1942, he organized a resistance group, the "Corps Mobile de Bruxelles", under the auspices of the "Partisans Armés" and associated with the "Front de l'Indépendance", the major Belgian underground movement.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Van Doorslaer, Rudi (25 February 2016). "Angheloff, Todor, dit Théodor". Le Maitron (in French). Editions de l'Atelier. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Steinberg, Maxime (2007). Otages de la terreur nazie: le Bulgare Angheloff et son groupe de partisans juifs, Bruxelles, 1940-1943. Bruxelles: VUB Press. pp. 53–109. ISBN 978-90-5487-453-9.

External links

По особено жесток начин / With Extreme Cruelty (2006) Documentary with Angelov's daughter Svoboda Bachvarova sharing her memories of Todor Angelov (English subtitles)
The monument of Todor Angelov in Schaerbeek, Belgium