Šipkovica Partisan Hospital
| Šipkovica Partisan Hospital | |
|---|---|
 The building where the hospital was located | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Šipkovica, North Macedonia |
| Coordinates | 41°45′40.6″N 22°27′53.3″E / 41.761278°N 22.464806°E |
The Partisan Hospital is a former hospital and WWII historical site located on the mountain of Plačkovica near the village of Šipkovica, North Macedonia. Here, the wounded partisans were treated, during the Axis Spring Offensive in 1944.
History[edit]
The hospital was formed in the spring of 1944 with the order of the Central Headquarters of the National Liberation Army and the Partisan Detachments of Macedonia to take in those wounded in the Axis Spring Offensive.[1] The hospital was formed because carrying badly wounded soldiers from the mobile hospital of the Operative Headquarters from Greece across the Eastern parts of Vardar Macedonia, made it difficult for units to move. Immediately after the units of the Operative Headquarters in the region of the mountain Plačkovica left, the units of the 17th Bulgarian division while searching the area discovered a segment of the hospital, where 11 badly wounded partisans were found and only one survived.[2]
The doctors Gjorgji Kamčev and Strahil Panov worked in the hospital. A big part in caring for the wounded soldiers had locals Dane Trajkov - who served as a manager of the hospital - and his son Jordan Trajkov with protection from the Detachment in Plačkovica.[1] In the hospital there was a medic as well who was in charge of obtaining medical supplies.[2] In June, 1944 Dane Trajkov along with his son Jordan and another local were arrested by the Fascists. On July 7, 1944 Dane was executed in the locality of Erendže region on the mountain Plačkovica, while the other two managed to escape.[2] After the assasсanation od Dane Trajkov, an invitation was sent to him to be a delegate at the upcoming Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia, without knowing that he was shot by the Bulgarian authorities.[1]
Memorial Park[edit]
In 2014, in honor of 70 years of the liberation of Radoviš, the local Radoviš Municipality and the organization of fighters cleaned up the area around the former Partisan hospital and turned it into a Memorial Park where every July 7 hundreds of citizens and fighters gather to pay their respects to Dane Trajkov.[1]
Gallery[edit]
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The Hospital building -
Commemorative plaque of the People's Liberation War (PLW) on the wall of the building -
Monument of PLW in the hospital garden
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Ljupčo Šatevski (August 1, 2018). "Херојот на Плачковица и несуден делегат на АСНОМ за 25 не го дочека Илинден 1944" [The hero of Plačkovica and not meant to be delegate of ASNOM for 25 years did not meet Ilinden 1944] (in Macedonian). mms.mk. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c Apostolski, M. (1975). „Развој на санитетската служба во Македонија во текот на НОВ“ (Development of the Sanitary service in Macedonia in the Course of the NLW). Студии и статии, Book 2. Skopje. p. 207.
External links[edit]
- Несудениот радовишки делегат на АСНОМ - дедо Дане Трајков [The not meant Radoviš delegate of ASNOM - 'Grandpa' Dane Trajkov] on YouTube - a 2005 video report by the television EMI about the WWII activist Dane Trajkov; from 18:58 to 19:20 mentioning about the Partisan Hospital