I would like to dedicate this to a relative of mine, Jani Kiprov. Jani was a Macedonian Hero who Battled against Greek facism and for freedom of Macedonia During the mid 1940. He was only at a young age of 19 when he lost his life at the hands of Greek brutal, inhumane facist regime. There are many cases just like Jani Kiprov. You will not find Jani Kiprov in any history Book or internet site, None the less, he is a Macedonian hero as all the fighters are, Just like Goce Delcev or Jane Sandanski. With this dedication, i wish to put a face on this hero for all to see and a story to tell for all to read, so Jani's eventual demise was not in vain and that he is part of history.
THANK YOU JANI KIPROV AND TO ALL YOU MACEDONIAN HEROS
Breif story about Jani Kiprov:
At the age of 17 he and a freind were arested and jailed by the Greek facist police only because they spoke macedonian in public. two days after Jani was bailed out for a heafty price, the same law enforces came knocking on there family home door. Jani was not home at the time but a warrant was handed to his parents, to hand him in with in 24 hours otherwise the family will pay for it. What a terible altimatum the parents had. That same day, the Macedonian partizans got the family and smuggled them over the border to Bitola for there own safety. Jani as a gesture of apreiciation decided to join the freedom fighters and not long after his family were transfered to Bitola. (this photo of Jani holding his baby brother was taken the day Jani left his family to fight for the macedonian cause and that was the last they seen of him)
THE DAY HE WAS KILLED:
He was sent down from the hills, to go down to his village, to pick up suplys such as food and water for his unit. Little did he know that there was a informer in the village
who notified the Greek army. This army whaited and captured him as he aproached his village. They held him down and decided to decaputate him and they draged his torso seperate to his head behind a horse thrugh the village. A kind of barbarian act you see lately hapening to British and US soldiers in iraq and Mogadishu. There intention was to scare the villagers so not to side with the macedonians. Whats also sad is, his Neighbour who was related thrugh family (tetin) came out with the axe and handed it to the Greek slaughterers in a gesture to show he is on the Greek side. He later had the nerve to go to bitola and droped to his knees, asked Jani's parents for forgiveness.
While they were parading Jani thrugh the village, his auntie ran out of the house with a blanket and dived on top of Jani's head and torso and began to wail over him. The Greek General at the time pushed this poor lady aside and proceeded with a terror inflicting speach to the villagers. He was Then taken away and never again seen or known the were abouts of his remains. After recent enquiry, i had to find some sort of closure for his family and asked the locals of that village, what they know if anything about Jani in particulor and the fallen soldiers. The only information i got was that Jani Kiprov was buried in a mas Grave which nobody knows where. A kind of mass Grave you have seen and heard that hapened in Bosnia and other parts of Former Yugoslavia. Till this day, his family still are not alowed to visit there old village and the place they lost there brother, uncle, Great grandfather.
Hmmmmmmm Democracy.
THANK YOU JANI KIPROV AND TO ALL YOU MACEDONIAN HEROS
Breif story about Jani Kiprov:
At the age of 17 he and a freind were arested and jailed by the Greek facist police only because they spoke macedonian in public. two days after Jani was bailed out for a heafty price, the same law enforces came knocking on there family home door. Jani was not home at the time but a warrant was handed to his parents, to hand him in with in 24 hours otherwise the family will pay for it. What a terible altimatum the parents had. That same day, the Macedonian partizans got the family and smuggled them over the border to Bitola for there own safety. Jani as a gesture of apreiciation decided to join the freedom fighters and not long after his family were transfered to Bitola. (this photo of Jani holding his baby brother was taken the day Jani left his family to fight for the macedonian cause and that was the last they seen of him)
THE DAY HE WAS KILLED:
He was sent down from the hills, to go down to his village, to pick up suplys such as food and water for his unit. Little did he know that there was a informer in the village
who notified the Greek army. This army whaited and captured him as he aproached his village. They held him down and decided to decaputate him and they draged his torso seperate to his head behind a horse thrugh the village. A kind of barbarian act you see lately hapening to British and US soldiers in iraq and Mogadishu. There intention was to scare the villagers so not to side with the macedonians. Whats also sad is, his Neighbour who was related thrugh family (tetin) came out with the axe and handed it to the Greek slaughterers in a gesture to show he is on the Greek side. He later had the nerve to go to bitola and droped to his knees, asked Jani's parents for forgiveness.
While they were parading Jani thrugh the village, his auntie ran out of the house with a blanket and dived on top of Jani's head and torso and began to wail over him. The Greek General at the time pushed this poor lady aside and proceeded with a terror inflicting speach to the villagers. He was Then taken away and never again seen or known the were abouts of his remains. After recent enquiry, i had to find some sort of closure for his family and asked the locals of that village, what they know if anything about Jani in particulor and the fallen soldiers. The only information i got was that Jani Kiprov was buried in a mas Grave which nobody knows where. A kind of mass Grave you have seen and heard that hapened in Bosnia and other parts of Former Yugoslavia. Till this day, his family still are not alowed to visit there old village and the place they lost there brother, uncle, Great grandfather.
Hmmmmmmm Democracy.
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