Five Strumica Students

The Five Strumica Students (Macedonian: Петте струмички студенти) refers to a group of five students on the age from 20-23, all born in Strumica that on August 13, 1951 were executed by authorities in Communist Yugoslavia.^[1] In the information report of the authorities it was stated that the group was planning to illegally cross the border to Greece, but their relatives claimed that they were killed because of ideas close to IMRO, an organization that fought for the independence of Macedonia.^[2]^[3] The case received international acclaim, and soon after in New Jersey, USA, and in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the pro-Bulgarian Macedonian Patriotic Organization set up its own structures called in Template:Lang-bg. At that time the Yugoslav authorities conducted a series of raids and executions to prevent the influence of the inherits of IMRO, this being one of them.^[4]

References

^ Гоцев, Димитър, „Новата националноосвободителна борба във Вардарска Македония 1944-1991“, София, 2000 г. Retrieved 18 June 2018
^ Пописаков, Аспарух, „От другата страна на медала (Геноцидът над македонските българи в Титова Югославия)“, в. "Македонска трибуна", САЩ, 1979 г. Retrieved 18 June 2018
^ Shea, John, „Macedonia and Greece: the struggle to define a new Balkan nation“, McFarland, USA, стр.183 Retrieved 18 June 2018
^ Официален сайт на МПО, посетен на 19.06.2010 г. Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 June 2018

External links

Five Strumica Students, documentary about the group and testimonials of their families
CIA document on the five Strumica students 1
CIA document on the five Strumica students 2

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[1] Гоцев, Димитър, „Новата националноосвободителна борба във Вардарска Македония 1944-1991“, София, 2000 г. Retrieved 18 June 2018

[2] Пописаков, Аспарух, „От другата страна на медала (Геноцидът над македонските българи в Титова Югославия)“, в. "Македонска трибуна", САЩ, 1979 г. Retrieved 18 June 2018

[3] Shea, John, „Macedonia and Greece: the struggle to define a new Balkan nation“, McFarland, USA, стр.183 Retrieved 18 June 2018

[4] Официален сайт на МПО, посетен на 19.06.2010 г. Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 June 2018

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