BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I've just stumbled upon this amazing group of medals, orders and plaques from a Yugoslav-Jewish woman Partisan from Macedonia. The whole collection is now owned by the US Holocaust MEmorial Museum. I'll be posting their photos separately since there are around 80 of them. Here's their description of Zhamila: "The Macedonian region, including Bitola where Jamila and her family lived, was occupied by Bulgaria. Jamila worked with resistance groups to fight the occupation and was forced to hide at night for her safety. On March 9, 1943, from her hiding place, Jamila witnessed the roundup and deportation of the Jewish community of Bitola. After a month in hiding, she went to the mountains and joined a partisan detachment. In August 1943, Jamila’s group became part of the Macedonian Partisan Battalion, which liberated a prisoner camp in Greece. In June 1944, a separate Macedonian brigade was formed. In August, Jamila was injured during a battle. On October 30, Jamila’s group liberated the towns of Ohrid and Struga, and a month later Macedonia was liberated. In December, Jamila served as an official at the Second Congress of Anti-Fascist Youth in Skopje. Jamila married a fellow partisan Chede Filipovski. Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945. Jamila returned to Bitola and discovered that her entire family had been deported and murdered at Treblinka killing center. In June Chede was killed in a motorcycle accident. In June 1947, Jamila married Avram Sadikario." I will start with medals and orders first since those are my favourite. Here's the photo of her: Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, circa November 1944: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Order for Bravery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Spomenica 1941. From the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Of the 27,629 medals awarded, only 12 of them went to Jews who, like Jamila, were from Bitola." Order of the Partisan Star with Rifles (3rd class) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Order for Merits for the People 2nd class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Order of Brotherhood and Unity 1st class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Order of the Republic with Silver Wreath (2nd class) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Order of Labour with Golden Wreath (2nd class) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Order for Merits for the People with Golden Star (1st class). This is the last order/medal. I'll be posting her plaques soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 SUBNOR plaque (Federation of Veterans' Association of the People's Liberation War) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 AFŽ (Anti-fascist Front of Women) of Macedonia plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Plaque for the 40 years of formation of Partisan Detachments Pelister-Dame Gruev and Jane Sandanski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Plaque for 25 years of formation of Macedonian-Kosovar Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Kurir Jovica plaque (Courier Jovica) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Association of Fighters of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Association of fighters of People's Liberation and Anti-fascist War in Macedonia 1941-1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 UNICEF Yugoslavia plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Plaque for merits for the city of Skopje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Plaque of the children of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Institute for national history (Skopje) plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 JUGOHROM plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 And finally the last plaque...Association of marksmen of Yugoslavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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