44% of Bulgarians Harbor Anti-Semitic Attitudes - Survey

44% of Bulgaria's population harbors anti-Semitic attitudes, according to a survey of US organization Anti-Defamation League.

The Anti-Defamation League commissioned First International Resources to research attitudes and opinions toward Jews in over 100 countries around the world.

All interviews for the ADL GLOBAL 100 study were conducted between July 2013 and February 2014 in 101 countries plus the Palestinian Territories in the West Bank & Gaza. The data is a result of 53,100 total interviews among citizens aged 18 and over. The survey comprises 11 questions developed by researchers at the University of California to provide an analytical tool for identifying respondents who harbor anti-Semitic attitudes and for measuring general acceptance of various negative Jewish stereotypes.

According to the survey, anti-Semitic attitudes in Bulgaria are more common among men (49%) than among women (39%) and they increase with age, the smallest percentage being recorded in the 18-34 age group (38%) and the highest in the 50+ age group (47%).

67% of Bulgarians believe that Jews have too much power in the business world, while 64% think that Jews have too much power in international financial markets.

21% of the Bulgarian respondents believe that Jews are responsible for most of the world's wars

On an international scale, 26% of those surveyed, or a total of 1.09 billion people around the world, harbor anti-Semitic attitudes.

Only 54% of those polled globally have ever heard of the Holocaust. Two out of three people surveyed have either never heard of the Holocaust, or do not believe historical accounts to be accurate.

The most widely accepted anti-Semitic stereotype worldwide...