SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN OCCUPIED SERBIA 1941–1944

Authors

  • LJUBINKA ŠKODRIĆ Institute for Contemporary History, Belgrade
  • NEMANJA DEVIĆ Institute for Contemporary History, Belgrade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19090/i.2024.35.216-235

Keywords:

Second World War, People’s Liberation Movement, Serbia, Partisans, NOP, communism, self-sacrifice, suicide, national tradition

Abstract

This paper analyses suicides among members of the People’s Liberation Movement (Narodnooslobodilački pokret, NOP) during the Axis occupation of Serbia in the Second World War. We will identify different types of suicide, determine the motives behind them, and identify those that can be linked to some forms of self-sacrifice. In particular, we will consider whether suicides within the NOP were influenced not only by Communist ideology but also by national traditions in the Balkans and the circumstances of war.

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Archival sources:

Državni arhiv Srbije (State archives of Serbia)

Centralni komitet Saveza komunista Srbije (Đ-2)

Okružni komitet KPJ Mladenovac (Đ-8)

Zbirka dokumenata o NOR-u i revoluciji (Ž-23)

Zbirka dokumenata Bezbednosno-informativne agencije (BIA)

Istorijski arhiv Beograda (Historical archives of Belgrade)

Uprava grada Beograda, Specijalna policija (UgB, SP)

Zbirka dokumenata Bezbednosno-informativne agencije (BIA)

Zbirka memoarske građe (MG)

Vojni arhiv (Military archives)

Narodnooslobodilačka vojska Jugoslavije (VA, NOVJ)

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04. 12. 2024.

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ŠKODRIĆ, L., & DEVIĆ, N. (2024). SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN OCCUPIED SERBIA 1941–1944. ISTRAŽIVANJA, Јournal of Historical Researches, (35), 216–235. https://doi.org/10.19090/i.2024.35.216-235

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