In a move akin to kicking Lenin out of Moscow's Red Square, the mayor of Belgrade wants to rid the Serbian capital of the tomb of Tito, the socialist leader who held Yugoslavia together for decades.
Down through the rocky hills of Croatia and Bosnia last week swept a formidable Axis army. Its aim: destruction of the Partisan armies and liquidation of the free democratic state comprising roughly ...
Some 700 engraved stones at the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in the Bosnian town of Mostar, one of the largest anti-fascist monuments in the Balkans, have been destroyed by vandals. This post is also ...
The Partisan Memorial Cemetery, built between 1959 and 1965 by Serbian and Yugoslav architect Bogdan Bogdanović, is one of the crown jewels of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a city of over 100,000 ...
In an attempt to free their country from foreign invaders, the Yugoslav Communist Partisans were often faced with shortages ...
“They emerged like cats from everywhere, knives between their teeth. Flares did not frighten them. They broke into our right flank. Then the terrible thing happened that froze the blood of all of us. ...
Stepping out of my comfort zone, I volunteered to review Gaj Trifkovic’s military study of the course of World War II in the former Yugoslavia. Perhaps I should not have been surprised to encounter a ...
“Small nations and states will seek their place under the sun, while the great powers will demand that they renounce their moral wealth—above all, their struggle for justice and truth. All of this ...
The actions of “Handschar” and its victims – The dissolution of the Division and its… inactive successor “Kama” – How many ...
A new exhibition exploring the life and work of 20th Century artist and political activist Djordje Andrejevic-Kun shows how his art powerfully depicted the struggles involved in the Yugoslav ...
A commander of the Yugoslav partisans, who arrived here today, reveals that the Germans have slaughtered the entire Jewish population of the large city of Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital. Before the ...