serbian august september member yugoslav partisans world war yugoslavia woman proclaimed yugoslavia born farming family village near invasion yugoslavia axis powers creation croatia april supported partisan resistance movement led like women village collected food clothing supplies partisan war effort member yugoslavia september following august appointed political company 1st harvested crops valley admitted end summer partisan february joining newly formed brigade fought areas served nurse september wounded leg throwing hand grenades attack german base northwestern bosnia transported field hospital sang partisan songs wound soon developed died hospital september proclaimed people hero yugoslavia following month schools streets organisations named memory following war commemorating service partisan cause early life born august village near region north western sector renamed yugoslavia area inhabited primarily ethnic serbs muslims forming percent population oldest children wife raised sheep cattle family farm like village girls school boys attended elementary school age fourteen later helped mother agricultural work skilled weaving spinning completing month course elementary school opened teacher member outlawed organised public library reading sports clubs cultural artistic group established secret cell communist organisation area ideological convictions earned following village youth including brother authorities soon aware activities removed february world war april yugoslavia invaded sides axis powers led nazi_germany april germans italians hungarians country fascist puppet state croatia including modern day croatia modern day parts modern day serbia proclaimed april italian german quasi controlled croatian nationalist movement policies eliminate state ethnic population mass killings forced serbs killed june atrocities accelerated formation large resistance movements occupied yugoslavia serbian nationalists led colonel founded members known led decided belgrade july launch nationwide armed uprising members led forces known partisans pro partisan activity july local leaders organised partisan detachments armed rifles seven light machine guns immediate vicinity detachment men previously established camp nearby forest weapons supplies village active women collecting food clothing insurgents serving camp july partisans liberated beginning uprising days parts liberated stage little control villagers took arms liberated area constant attack defended partisans surrounding positions women joined collecting food clothing supplies partisans clothes wool cloth joined yugoslavia september september italian troops captured partisans retained control area villages end branch members men served partisan units women including joined labour companies support war effort literacy course organised female members attended villagers gave agricultural products milk cream eggs italians receiving salt rice return practice strongly condemned gathered people villages hall school january dissuade trading enemy members spoke began speech interrupted comments threats young man audience moment group men stormed hall wooden poles ensuing chaos shouted hinder women fled windows early joined village committee women major affiliated women organisation june partisans labour company clearing rubble repairing houses town company helped working land families men away fighting partisans july partisan units composed fighters serbia montenegro came helped carry wounded field hospitals mountains active members organisation met house partisan held territory expanded significantly included valley late july valley primarily non population fled advancing partisans feared propaganda partisan command engaged young people western harvest wheat crops valley transporting storage facilities workers young women organised military style units merged mid august battalion appointed political brigade guarded partisan units brigade completed work despite attacks enemy planes admitted end summer beginning president village committee youth yugoslavia yugoslav partisan came end january major axis offensive partisans code named german consulting head regional committee decided form partisan brigade battalion experienced fighters additional manpower consist recovered partisans wounded ill older men previously combat units young male female volunteers battalion intended play primarily defensive role stage established february members included women volunteers assigned transferred following month september fought germans italians anti communist commended courage skill combat served nurse february march axis offensive brigade experienced constant enemy attacks food shortages cold deep snow transferred military kitchen brigade headquarters beginning spring month returned company insistence ill time later sent home recover germans fortified base near village base members croatian infantry division artillery battery secured roads september 2nd 3rd battalions 10th battalion directed attack volunteered throw hand grenades machine gun nests protecting base company commander objected appeared ill insisted throwing grenades partisan battalions attacked base directions september group grenade throwers destroyed came fire destroyed received leg wound carried exposed area partisans overran portions base retreating arrival german reinforcements brigade reportedly captured mortars heavy machine gun light machine guns rifles mobile radio enemy soldiers reported german soldiers missing attack germans described night attack eerie female partisans shouts forward battle major offensive action 10th participated liberation belgrade battle heavily wounded partisans carried field hospital village kilometres away rugged terrain journey took days sang partisan songs lost blood wound developed field hospital poorly equipped treat died september buried military honours deputy spoke behalf 10th final eulogy delivered brother leader district committee legacy people hero yugoslavia october woman receive honour proclamation published october issue yugoslavia iii decision yugoslavia proposal conferred hand grenade 10th example heroism fights ultimately gave life freedom people charging enemy trenches village yugoslav writer wrote poem title interpreted defiant play words entered history legend poetry yugoslav lands according author war schools streets organisations yugoslavia named belgrade neighborhood bears comic strip published serbian daily newspaper defense comic strip project graphic artist strip combines events life verses poem left wing visual symbolism
Marija Bursać