1963
Macedonian
Memorial Book of the Fallen Fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror in the National Liberation Struggle from the Gevgelija Region
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This work has been sourced from the Gevgelija “Goce Delčev” Digital Library. The materials are used for scholarly, educational, and cultural-historical purposes, in support of the preservation, study, and promotion of Macedonian cultural heritage.
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“Memorial Book of the Fallen Fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror in the National Liberation Struggle from the Gevgelija Region” is a commemorative volume dedicated to those who lost their lives in the National Liberation Struggle (1941–1945), as well as to civilian victims of fascist repression from the Gevgelija area. The book was published in Gevgelija in 1963 by the municipal committees of the Union of Fighters’ Organizations of the municipalities of Gevgelija, Bogdanci, and Valandovo.
By its purpose and genre, the memorial book functions primarily as a documentary register of names. For each individual, it provides essential biographical information along with details concerning the circumstances and date of death, whether in combat or as a result of repression and terror.
The significance of the publication is twofold: on the one hand, it serves as a form of local collective memory, preserving the names and stories of those who perished; on the other, it represents a valuable historical source for research into the National Liberation Struggle in the Gevgelija region, the nature of wartime repression, the scale and social composition of participation, and the ways in which remembrance was institutionally and municipally organized in the postwar period.
About the Author
Author
Vladimir Kartov(1935 - 1989)
Vladimir Kartov (1935–1989) was a Macedonian historian, jurist, and university professor whose scholarly work focused on modern political history, national movements, and state–legal development. Born in Smokvica near Gevgelija, he completed teacher training and pedagogical studies before graduating in history from the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. He later earned a degree in law, forming a rare interdisciplinary background that combined history, political science, and legal studies.
Kartov pursued postgraduate studies in Belgrade, where he defended a master’s thesis on the struggle of the Macedonian people for the right to self-determination between the two world wars. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in historical sciences in Skopje with a dissertation examining the cultural and educational policies of the Yugoslav ruling regimes toward Macedonians during the interwar period. From 1975 onward, he taught at the Faculty of Law in Skopje, advancing from assistant professor to full professor in the field of the history of state and law of the peoples of Yugoslavia.
A prolific scholar, Kartov authored numerous monographs, textbooks, and studies dealing with revolutionary movements, national liberation struggles, and the political and legal status of Macedonia. His research addressed topics such as the role of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in the national question, the Macedonian struggle for self-determination, and the legal and normative structures of the Kresna and Ilinden uprisings. His work on the revolutionary Sava Mihajlov earned him the Golden Plaque associated with the November Award of the Municipality of Gevgelija in 1977.