Partizanke: Their dangerous legacy in the post-Yugoslav space
Partizanke: Their dangerous legacy in the post-Yugoslav space
Author(s): Chiara BonfiglioliSubject(s): Gender Studies, Cultural history, Political history, Special Historiographies:, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Wittenberg University - Sociology Department
Keywords: partizanke; female partisan fighters; Yugoslav liberation war; National Liberation Movement; women in war; resistance movement; occupied Europe; socialist Yugoslavia; national heroes; women officers
Summary/Abstract: The contribution of partizanke, or female partisan fighters, to the Yugoslav liberation war was unprecedented in occupied Europe: official statistics of the socialist period report 100,000 women fighting as partisans, and two million participating in various ways to the support of the National Liberation Movement. Approximately 25,000 women died in battle, 40,000 were wounded, and 2,000 of them acquired the officer’s rank, while 92 women were designated as national heroes.
Journal: Duh Bosne
- Issue Year: 21/2026
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1-5
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
