The Macedonian National Liberation Front

Liberator of Makedonija · 05-16-2018, 11:46 PM

The Macedonian National Liberation Front//Народно Ослободителен Фронт на Македонија, was a Macedonian paramilitary founded in Aegean Macedonia in 1945 to fight against the Monarcho-Fascist government of the Greek state in hope for secession from or at least rights within Greece. The MNLF merged with the Communist, Democratic Army of Greece the following year in which it is estimated Macedonians made-up 60% of the fighting force. The DAG and MNLF were both defeated by the Greek government and their American-British allies in 1949, which saw the expulson of an estimated 30,000 children from their homes in Aegean Macedonia.

Liberator of Makedonija · 05-16-2018, 11:54 PM

Statute of MNLF

Liberator of Makedonija · 02-05-2019, 05:08 AM

The Congress of what I am assuming to be the Slavo-Macedonian Liberation Front sometime during WW2. Anyone know why they called themselves 'Slavo-Macedonians'? Pretty odd for the time given other partisan groups didn't. I can only assume this was done for emphasis and was soon dropped.

Soldier of Macedon · 02-05-2019, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Liberator of Makedonija

The Congress of what I am assuming to be the Slavo-Macedonian Liberation Front sometime during WW2. Anyone know why they called themselves 'Slavo-Macedonians'? Pretty odd for the time given other partisan groups didn't. I can only assume this was done for emphasis and was soon dropped.

Probably to endear themselves to Tito and the Yugoslavs. It was never (or hardly ever) used in common parlance.

Liberator of Makedonija · 02-05-2019, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Soldier of Macedon

Probably to endear themselves to Tito and the Yugoslavs. It was never (or hardly ever) used in common parlance.

Yes I know as it was dropped by successive organisations. Oddly it was never used by the Macedonians in Yugoslavia though, strange act.

Carlin · 09-29-2019, 08:20 PM

Short documentary from 1948: Вардар филм - 11 Октомври 1948

URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_XRi3IFYVE

Liberator of Makedonija · 04-23-2020, 10:23 AM

Before SNOF, there was apparently the 'Macedonian Anti-fascist Organisation', formed on the initiative of the Communist Party of Greece.

https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C...B8%D1%98%D0%B0

Carlin · 02-06-2021, 12:53 PM

Aegean woman who fought in the Greek army spoke in Macedonian in Potsdam in 1949

URL:
https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...tsdam-in-1949/

Macedonian activist in Greece Stilianos Samartzis (Stilan Samardziev) publishes a little-known video from the delegation of the Democratic Army of Greece in Potsdam, Germany, recorded at a gathering of communists from several European countries. The video was recorded in 1949 and features DAG representatives Kostas Maheridis and Viktorija Zajku (Zajkova), where she speaks in Macedonian with a German translation, and refers to 40 Macedonian women who fight in only one of the DAG units.

Risto the Great · 02-06-2021, 04:24 PM

Fierce women in those times.
Thanks Carlin.

05-16-2018, 11:46 PM	#1
Liberator of Makedonija Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 1,594	The Macedonian National Liberation Front The Macedonian National Liberation Front//Народно Ослободителен Фронт на Македонија, was a Macedonian paramilitary founded in Aegean Macedonia in 1945 to fight against the Monarcho-Fascist government of the Greek state in hope for secession from or at least rights within Greece. The MNLF merged with the Communist, Democratic Army of Greece the following year in which it is estimated Macedonians made-up 60% of the fighting force. The DAG and MNLF were both defeated by the Greek government and their American-British allies in 1949, which saw the expulson of an estimated 30,000 children from their homes in Aegean Macedonia. __________________ I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

05-16-2018, 11:54 PM	#2
Liberator of Makedonija Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 1,594	Statute of MNLF __________________ I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

02-05-2019, 05:08 AM	#3
Liberator of Makedonija Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 1,594	The Congress of what I am assuming to be the Slavo-Macedonian Liberation Front sometime during WW2. Anyone know why they called themselves 'Slavo-Macedonians'? Pretty odd for the time given other partisan groups didn't. I can only assume this was done for emphasis and was soon dropped. __________________ I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

04-23-2020, 10:23 AM	#7
Liberator of Makedonija Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 1,594	Before SNOF, there was apparently the 'Macedonian Anti-fascist Organisation', formed on the initiative of the Communist Party of Greece. https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C...B8%D1%98%D0%B0 __________________ I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

02-06-2021, 04:24 PM	#9
Risto the Great Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Macedonian Colony of Australia Posts: 15,639	Fierce women in those times. Thanks Carlin. __________________ Risto the Great MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA "Holding my breath for the revolution." Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

09-29-2019, 08:20 PM	#6
Carlin Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 3,305	Short documentary from 1948: Вардар филм - 11 Октомври 1948 URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_XRi3IFYVE

02-06-2021, 12:53 PM	#8
Carlin Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 3,305	Aegean woman who fought in the Greek army spoke in Macedonian in Potsdam in 1949 URL: https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...tsdam-in-1949/ Macedonian activist in Greece Stilianos Samartzis (Stilan Samardziev) publishes a little-known video from the delegation of the Democratic Army of Greece in Potsdam, Germany, recorded at a gathering of communists from several European countries. The video was recorded in 1949 and features DAG representatives Kostas Maheridis and Viktorija Zajku (Zajkova), where she speaks in Macedonian with a German translation, and refers to 40 Macedonian women who fight in only one of the DAG units.

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