Georgi Nikolow Deltschew genannt Goze Deltschew ; * 23. Januarjul./ 4. Februar 1872greg. in Kukuš ; † 4. Mai 1903 in Banitza war ein Revolutionär und gilt als eine führende Persönlichkeit der BMARK . Ihm zu Ehren wurde die bulgarische Stadt Newrokop in Goze Deltschew umbenannt. Ferner ist er Namensgeber für den Delchev Peak und mittelbar auch für den Delchev Ridge in der Antarktis. Wikipedia
“Let us not allow the splits and splintering to frighten us.”
Letter to Nikola Maleševski (1 May 1899)
Kontext: Let us not allow the splits and splintering to frighten us. It is, indeed, a pity, but what can we do, since we are Bulgarians and all suffer from one common disease. If this disease had not been present in our ancestors, from whom we inherited it, they would have never fallen under the sceptre of the Turkish Sultan...
“I understand the world solely as a field for cultural competition among the peoples.”
Quoted in Peyo Yavorov, Complete Works, vol. 2 (Sofia, 1977), p. 13
“I will teach you French so you can tell the world that you are macedonians”
Goce Delčev teaching in Bansko, Strumica, Macedonia.
Letter to Nikola Maleševski (1 May 1899)
