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EU: Bulgária, Szófia (1940), Sofia, Bulgaria, 1940

EU: Bulgária, Szófia (1940)

1940 Sofia, Bulgaria

Sofia has served as Bulgaria's capital since 1879, and this photograph documents the city's streets as they appeared in 1940, on the eve of Bulgaria's entry into the Second World War the following year.

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