НОВИНАРСКА И ДИПЛОМАТСКА ВИСОКА ШКОЛА У БЕОГРАДУ 1948–1953.
The Higher School for Diplomats and Journalists in Belgrade 1948–1953

Summary/Abstract: The Higher School for Diplomats and Journalists in Belgrade was a federal institution with the rank of a faculty, founded in September 1948 for educating the journalist and diplomatic-consular staff. The school was founded by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia as an institution in which the Party members would acquire expert knowledge and general culture needed for going into journalism or diplomatic service, but also in which they would deepen their knowledge of Marxism and fortify their loyalty to the regime. Despite the offi cial procedure, the enrollment proceeded with the exclusion of public, through the Communist Party organs of different republics and the Cadre Administration of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The school’s activity was initially plagued by many diffi culties such as lack of rooms, teaching staff, plan and curriculum, and despite the surveillance by the Party, indiscipline and strong activity of the adherents of the Comminform made themselves manifest. The punishing of the adherents of the Comminform started in late 1948 and after a large number of students had been arrested and excluded from the Party and the School, the state authorities closed down the School in June 1952. Students switched to other faculties. 209 of them passed the fi nal examinations and acquired the diplomas and some of them made carriers in journalism, publicistics or diplomacy later on.

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