Tonka Obretenova was a woman from Ruse associated with assistance to persecuted and imprisoned activists. Household work, shelter and the movement of information supported organisation behind armed action. Family memories are valuable, but individual episodes need comparison with other documents. Assisted revolutionaries in Ruse. Her family participated in the liberation movement. Became known in public memory as Baba Tonka. Her story makes visible support often left outside accounts focused on battles.
History of Bulgaria
