Provincial Committee for Serbia

Summary

The Provincial Committee for Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Покрајински комитет за Србију, romanizedPokrajinski komitet za Srbiju, abbr. PKS) or Provincial Committee of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Покрајински комитет Србије, romanizedPokrajinski komitet Srbije)[1] was the branch of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) active in Serbia during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and German-occupied Serbia in World War II. It was transformed into the Communist Party of Serbia on 8 May 1945.

History edit

Kingdom of Yugoslavia edit

World War II edit

On 4 July 1941, the PKS established the Main Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Serbia.

In 1941, the PKS greatly aided the communists in western Serbia.[2] Communist Party members were sent to areas in need of political activity.[2] The Central Committee for Liberated Territory was established in the short-lived Republic of Užice in western German-occupied Serbia. The reformed Provincial Committee for Serbia, set up in November 1942, established 12 new county- and district committees.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Glišić & Borković 1975, p. 15.
  2. ^ a b Dojčilo Mitrović (1975). Zapadna Srbija 1941. Nolit. p. 20.
  3. ^ Savez komunističke omladine Jugoslavije. Kongres (1949). IV Congress of the Union of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia. Central Committee of the People's Youth of Yugoslavia.

Bibliography edit

  • Institut za istoriju radničkog pokreta Srbije (1972). NOR i revolucija u Srbiji, 1941-1945: naučni skup posvećen 30-godišnjici ustanka, održan na Zlatiboru 25-26 septembra 1971. Institut za istoriju radničkog pokreta Srbije.
  • Glišić, Venceslav; Borković, Milan (1975). Komunistička partija Jugoslavije u Srbiji 1941-1945: 1941-1942. Rad.