Mara Naceva
Mara Naceva | |
|---|---|
| Мара Нацева | |
Republic of Macedonia | |
| Spouse | Savo Drljević |
Mara Naceva (
communist and partisan. She was awarded the Order of the People's Hero on 29 November 1953. She was the last surviving Macedonian recipient of this medal.[1]
Biography
Naceva was born on September 28, 1920, in Kumanovo.Young Communist League of Yugoslavia.
In 1939 she left for
Communist Party of Yugoslavia. A year later, Naceva became a member of the Local Committee and the District Committee of the CPY of Niš, and was arrested twice. She participated during the fifth ground conference of the CPY in Zagreb
as a delegate from Serbia.
After the
occupation of Yugoslavia, Naceva was a member of the Regional Committee of Communists in Macedonia. In the summer of 1942, she was arrested by Bulgarian police and was sent to a camp for women near Asenovgrad. Fellow party member Strašo Pindžur tried to find ways to release his friend Mara Naceva from prison.[3]
In March 1943, she was elected organizational secretary of the Communist Party of Macedonia in absentia.[2] Naceva also became a delegate of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia.[3]
After her return from the camp, Naceva participated in the Partisan activity near Kumanovo. She became a member of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia during its first session.
After the
Second World War, Naceva was elected a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. She also became the vice-president of the Women's Antifascist Front of Yugoslavia.[2] Naceva was also the president of the board of the Women's Antifascist Front of Macedonia.[4]
Naceva was ordained with the
Order of National Liberation and the Order of the People's Hero
.
She died in Kumanovo on 1 July 2013, where she is buried.[1]
References
- ^ a b „Почина народниот херој Мара Нацева“, KumanovoNews
- ^ ISBN 9781538119624, p. 215.
- ^ a b Светлана Дарудова, "Страшо Пинџур во писмо открива чувства спрема Мара Нацева", Дневник, година XVIII, број 5433, петок, 4 април, 2014, стр, 13.
- ISBN 9786155053726, p. 298.