Working hours change depending on the season.
From 1.10 to 15.01 - from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 14:00 (latest time of entry); on Saturdays and Sundays, visiting the camp is only possible from 2:00 p.m.
From 15.01 to 31.03 - from Monday to Sunday from 09:00 a.m. Last time to enter the camp - 2:00 p.m.
From 1.04 to 31.09 - from Monday to Sunday from 09:00. Last time to enter the camp - 4:00 p.m.
The guides who will welcome the group are members of the local community. They are keen to promote their town and its beautiful natural surroundings. They believe it is important to preserve and pass on the memories of the bad and the good that has happened here. The guides are independent of the Sofia Platform Foundation, which maintains this website.


4 years and 4 months in labor camps
Offense: anarchist
9 months under arrest and in a camp
Offense: son of a provincial governor in the Kingdom of Bulgaria
42 days in camp "Sunny Beach" near Lovech
Offense: "hooligan", son of a member of the opposition
9 months under arrest and in a camp
Offense: an attempt to escape from Bulgaria
2.5 years under arrest and in a camp
Offense: participant in the anti-communist resistance
3 years under arrest, in a camp and prisons Offense: Agrarian, member of the opposition
3 years and 1 month under arrest and in and political prison
Offense: participant in the anti-communist resistance
In 1964, along with other political prisoners, Zheko Stoyanov received an amnesty and was released from the Stara Zagora prison. In order to earn his living, he did hard manual labor, working as a porter, a painter on construction sites, and a miner. For twenty-two years he worked in underground mines.
After the democratic transition of 1989, Zheko Stoyanov entered politics and in 1997 he was elected a member of parliament for the United Democratic Forces. At the age of sixty, he completed a degree in economics.
During his whole life, Zheko Stoyanov has remained a symbol of resistance against the repressive regime and of an unyielding spirit of freedom.
Four years in camps and in forced resettlement
Offence: possession of Turkish music and literature
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