Frederick B. Chary (August 18, 1939 – November 14, 2020) was an American historian, emeritus professor of history at
Indiana University Northwest, College of Arts and Sciences.[1][2] He was past president and sponsor of the North American Bulgarian Studies Association.[3]
He was the author of numerous published articles on the history of
Bulgaria and the
Bulgarian Jews. His book "The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution" was published in 1972. It earned a very positive echo in Bulgaria and in Jewish circles.[6] The book described the methods of the country's leadership and public to save the Bulgarian Jews from deportation to German death camps, the only case where the entire Jewish community of a German ally survived during the Second World War.[7]
Chary traveled for his research Germany, Great Britain, Poland and the former Soviet Union. He visited also Israel for studies on the
Holocaust. In Bulgaria, he spent several months for studies in history archives and libraries. For his merits on Bulgarian and Jewish studies he was decorated by the
Bulgarian National Assembly.[8]
Chary was in physical therapy when he contracted
COVID-19, amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. He died from complications of COVID-19 in November 2020, at the age of 81.[9]
^Kinsman, Clare D., ed. (1975). "CHARY, Frederick B(arry) 1939-". Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Authors and Their Work. Vol. 49–52. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company. pp.
108–109.
ISBN0-8103-0024-9. Retrieved April 6, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
^Oren, Nissan (September 1975). "Book Review: The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution 1940-1944 by Frederick B. Chary (Pittsburgh, PA: The University of Pittsburgh Press. 1972. Pp. 246. $9.95)". The American Political Science Review. 69 (3): 1063–1064.
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10.2307/1958472.
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^Clarke, James F. (April 1976). "Reviewed Work: Frederick B. Chary. The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution, 1940–1944. [Pittsburgh:] University of Pittsburgh Press. 1972. Pp. xiv, 246. $9.95". American Historical Review. 81 (2): 419–420.
doi:
10.1086/ahr/81.2.419-a.