War graves agreement: No war graves agreement has been concluded to date, nor have negotiations been initiated.
The work of the Volksbund in Bulgaria: During the visit of Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in May 1979, the Bulgarian President gave his consent to negotiations with the Volksbund on the restoration of German war graves. After that, the Volksbund was able to negotiate with the President of the Bulgarian Red Cross for the first time, but it was not until 1987 that the Bulgarian side agreed to review the Volksbund's records (reports of loss and grave location information). One year later, the first work on the burial ground of the central cemetery in Sofia was permitted.
All the names of the registered war dead of the Second World War were added to the central memorial of the First World War in Sofia.
The existing small facilities were largely repaired with simple means by youth camps from Baden-Württemberg.
The German losses in the Second World War are estimated at 1,800 war dead, of whom 1,255 are registered by name. There is no information about German losses in the First World War; the Commission has 230 individual reports.
The German military graves are located in 114 places. Military cemeteries with more than 50 dead are located in six places, where two-thirds of all fallen soldiers rest.