Jews from Macedonia - holders of the 1941 Partisan Commemorative Ribbon, participants in the National Liberation War: Beno Ruso, Moritz Shami, Rosa Kamhi, Berto Ruso, Viktor Meshulam, Nisim Alba, Zhamila Kolonomos, Haim Sadikario, Isak Sion, Haim Levi, Gjorgi Blaer, and Aleksandar Fritshand

Register of all the Jewish participants of National Liberation Movement in Macedonia:

from Skopje – Adolf Piskar, Aron Bahar, Gjorgi Blaer, Aleksandar Fritshand, Sami Mizrahi, Josif Polak, Dr. Avram Nisim, Dr.. Chaim Abrvanel, Jakob Biti, Deborah Kaserto, Rebecca Sason, Rashel Sason, Bela Sason, Isidor Altaras, Duka Vajshpaj, Mois Bahar, David Navaro, Josif Shurna-Skip, and others.;

from Shtip – Isak Sion, Haim Vital Levi, Samuel Vital-Sion, Isa Haim Levi, Leon Kapuano, Mopis Rubisa, Nisam David Sion.

In Bitola, on the eve of the deportation, one group consisting of members of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the Youth Association of the Communists of Yugoslavia as illegal activists joined the ranks of the partisan squads and the Macedonian Army. Some of them are: Rosa Kamhi, Estreja Ovadija, Stela Levi, Zhamila Kolonomos, Adela Faradji, then: Salamon Sadikario-Mo, Samuel Sadikario, Albert Ruso, Albert Kasorla, Pepo Hasan, Nachmias Mordochaj, Beno Ruso, Haim Sadikario, Viktor Meschulam, Dr. Mirjam Popadich, and many others.

The Fund is important for:

• Participation of Macedonian Jews in the National Liberation War

• Macedonian Jews joined the Communist Party in Macedonia and the Communist Party in Yugoslavia

• Macedonian Jews who managed to join the Partisan movement, and escaped the deportation to Treblinka II in March-April 1943

• Macedonian Jews who participated in the National Liberation War are holders of the 1941 Partisan Commemorative Ribbon

The material in this Fund referring to Jews from Macedonia, holders of 1941 Partisan Commemorative Ribbon, participants in the National Liberation War, is consisted of 380 documents. This documentation is related to the procedure leaded by the Central Committee for granting a 1941 Partisan Commemorative Ribbon to the Jewish participants from Macedonia in the National Liberation War. The procedure was as follows: Proposal for awarding a 1941 Partisan Commemorative Ribbon with a Decision by the Central Committee, Questionnaire for the applicant, Review of the activities of the applicant for the 1941 Partisan Commemorative Ribbon, Autobiography of the applicant, Statements of Comrades about the applicant, Survey and the Decision by the Committee.