a piece of history from the Balkans :)

Today is the national holiday here, the day of the Antifascist Movement in Croatia. On this day, 67 years ago, 77 people established the first antifascist partisan formation in occupied Europe, in the Brezovica forest, near Sisak (southeast of Zagreb). The one Jon didn't believe it existed.:)) It happened on the day the Nazi attacked Soviet Union. ( http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_antifa%C5%A1isti%C4%8Dke_borbe)

check out the photo of an old partisan at:
http://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/clanak/art-2008,6,22,brezovica_obiljezavanje,124085.jl
:))

Croats were always known after Ustacha regime, but it isn't so well known that the first antifascist formation in the whole occupied Europe was established by Croats and in the Croatian territory. These guys were famous after diversions on the railways and stuff like that.

What also isn't known widely is that many Jews joined partisans here in their fight. My grand-uncle joined too, and actually had a rank of major in the partisans. He kept the family tradition, and was active as a partisan- photographer. :)