Friday, January 15, 2021

Ravna Gora - Partisan propaganda

During the second world war, the Gorski Kotar area has a strong national liberation movement. Italian and Ustasha crews were constantly under the attacks. On December 17, 1942, the 6th and 14th Brigades of the 5th Operational Zone of the Partisan Army occupied Ravna Gora and remained there for almost one month. The Partisans' strategy was to promote the national liberation struggle through different propaganda activities...

Business stationery sent from Ogulin (8.I.43) to Zagreb, franked with 3 kn definitive, stamped with cachets of three different Partisan units. The stationery was written by the owner of a sawmill from Ravna Gora, who informs a business partner in Zagreb that he cannot realise the order because "the entire area is occupied by partisans and my warehouse is blocked". The stationery did not reach the recipient in Zagreb, as the Ustasha regime would never allow such propaganda.