Dimitar Peshev Museum

The Dimitar Peshev Museum is dedicated to the vice-chairman of the Bulgarian parliament, who saved almost the entire Jewish community of Bulgaria - 48,000 people. It was opened in 2002 and is located in the Peshev house.

The exposition of the museum includes articles, photographs and documents telling about the life of Peshev and the events of March 1943. It consists of three parts: the first includes materials about the life of Dimitar, his family, studies and career; the second covers the period of anti-Jewish policy of Bulgaria; the third section is presented with materials about the life of Jews in Kyustendil during the times of persecution.

Among the exhibits in the museum are also personal belongings of Peshev and his associates, who were not afraid to cancel the order to expel Bulgarian Jews to concentration camps.