Strašo Pindžur

Strahil Pindžurov (15 March, 1915, Strumica, Kingdom of Bulgaria – 4 January 1943, Skopje, Kingdom of Bulgaria), better known by his partisan name Strašo Pindžur (Страшо Пинџур) was a Macedonian communist partisan who was active during World War II, and a national hero of Yugoslavia.

Pindžurov was born in the town of Strumica.[1][2][3] His father Dimitar, who was an IMRO activist, was killed as a sergeant of Bulgarian Army during the First World War. After the war, Strumica was ceded to Yugoslavia. Pindžur's family moved back to his fater's native village of Vatasa. As a war orphan, he was a state pupil in Kraguevac, where in secondary school he came in contact with the communist movement.

Strašo Pindžur studied at the University of Belgrade's Law School, and was a secretary of the illegal student association "Vardar". He was a close collaborator, and a friend of the Yugoslav communist Ivo Lola Ribar and participated in a number of demonstrations of the party. He tried to be a volunteer in the Spanish civil war, but did not succeed. Because of his revolutionary activism Pindžurov was arrested by the Serbian authorities. After the annexation of Vardar Macedonia by Bulgaria during the Second world war, he clashed with the pro-Bulgarian secretary of the Regional Committee of the CPY for Macedonia, Metodi Shatorov Sharlo. Strašo became a member of the first Main headquarters of the partisan detachments of Macedonia and new established Regional Committee in December 1942, but the same year he fell into the hands of the Bulgarian police. During the interrogation, Strašo Pindžur kept silent and was shot in January 1943.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Сто години од смртта на Димитар Пинџуров од Ваташа, Петре Камчевски, директор на музејот во Кавадарци. A1ON, 15/10/2015.
  2. ↑ Bugarskiot teror i otpor vo Skopskiot zatvor: seḱavanja, Edicija Memoari, Author Dučo Krango, Arhiv na Skopje, 1986, str. 28.
  3. ↑ Od Kajmakčalan do Fuštani, Biblioteka Naše revolucionerno minato : Edicija Memoari, zapisi, razkazi, hroniki, Author Dimo Jančevskiр Naša kniga, 1976, str. 20.
  4. ↑ Biography of Strašo Pindžur Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine.
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