Provincial Committee for Serbia

The Provincial Committee for Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Покрајински комитет за Србију, romanizedPokrajinski komitet za Srbiju, abbr. PKS) or Provincial Committee of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Покрајински комитет Србије, romanizedPokrajinski komitet Srbije)[1] was the branch of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) active in Serbia during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and German-occupied Serbia in World War II. It was transformed into the Communist Party of Serbia on 8 May 1945.

History

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Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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World War II

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On 4 July 1941, the PKS established the Main Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Serbia.

In 1941, the PKS greatly aided the communists in western Serbia.[2] Communist Party members were sent to areas in need of political activity.[2] The Central Committee for Liberated Territory was established in the short-lived Republic of Užice in western German-occupied Serbia. The reformed Provincial Committee for Serbia, set up in November 1942, established 12 new county- and district committees.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Glišić & Borković 1975, p. 15.
  2. ^ a b Dojčilo Mitrović (1975). Zapadna Srbija 1941. Nolit. p. 20.
  3. ^ Savez komunističke omladine Jugoslavije. Kongres (1949). IV Congress of the Union of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia. Central Committee of the People's Youth of Yugoslavia.

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