women's society in the country was also established in 1858 and one of the first theatre performances took place in the town. Krastyu Pishurka, a noted educator, also worked in Lom. Until the Second World War it was a major market town. In 1943, the Bulgarian government transported several thousand Jewish captives from Bulgarian-occupied territory in Greece and Yugoslavia to Lom to be embarked on boats bound for Vienna in Nazi Germany, from where they were taken to be exterminated in Treblinka. Lom was the main hub for the first deportations of victims of the Holocaust from the Axis-aligned Balkans. After 1944 the industry developed — sugar factory, can factory, grain industry. It became a port for the northwestern part of Bulgaria. Neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods of Lom include: Boruna Humata Kaletata Lyulyatsite Mladenovo Mladost Momin brod Stadiona Zornitsa Landmarks Plazha () - the 500 m. long pebbled beach at the bank of the Danube River, 3 km. from the centre of the city Town Museum of History, housed in the building of the old town-hall. Preserved foundations of the antique fortress Almus Postoyanstvo, the oldest community centre in Bulgaria Building of the former School of Pedagogy The Church of Boruna Monument of Tseko Voivoda (1807–1881), a participant in the battles for liberation of Serbia and proclaimed by the Serbian government to be a voyvoda (revolutionary leader) Religion The majority of the population of Lom is Christian Orthodox. The second biggest religious group is Protestantism-adventists and baptists. Notable people Born in Lom Alexander Belev (? – 1944), politician Alexander Raichev, composer Alexander Chirkov (1938 – 2020), doctor, performed the first heart transplant in Bulgaria (1986) Andrej Andreev (1943 –), doctor Anton Tornjov (1868 – 1942), architect Asen Parteniev (1876 – 1905), revolutionary Bojcho Bojchev (1902 – 1971), doctor Bojan Smilov (1885 – 1947), politician Cvetan Minkov (1891 – 1967), writer Cvetan Todorov (1899 – 1962), linguist Cenko Tsvetanov (1904 – 1960), writer and bibliographer Chavdar Chakarov (1977 – 2005), writer Violeta Minkova (1932 – 1992), actress Vladimir Shkodrov (1930 – 2010), astronomer Georgi Ivanov, revolutionary Georgi Chaushov (1938 –), painter and animator Dimitar Marinov (1846 – 1940), public figure Ekaterina Blagoeva (1933 –) geographer and landscape scientist Emil Andreev (1956 –), writer Emil Minkov (1930 – 2003), musician Igor Damjanov (1953 –), politician Iskra Fidosova (1971 –), politician Jordan Gavrilov (1904 – 1997), professor Jana Jazova (1912 – 1974), writer Kiril Drangov