24 JUNE 1989, Page 26

Benevolent Bulgars

Sir: Anthony Blond is not entirely correct in stating (Books, 13 May) that the Danes were 'the only people in Europe who cared so much for their Jews that, led by their King, they succeeded in protecting them'. Precisely the same happened at the other end of Europe in Bulgaria.

R. J. Crampton

Professor of East European History, Rutherford College, The University, Canterbury, Kent