CHAPTER 10 The Emergence of the National Liberation Movement.........76

CHAPTER 10 The Emergence of the National Liberation Movement.........76

The Establishment of the Youth Organization OKNE ..........................76 Re-establishment of the CPG in Banitsa................................................77 Resistance to the Restoration of the Old Greek Administrative Authority................................................................................................79 First Land Mine Victims........................................................................84 Supplies of Grain and Other Products ...................................................85 Macedonian Language Renewal in the Church and the Ilinden Celebration.............................................................................................86 Forming Partisan Staff and Reserve Units.............................................87 The Formation of EAM .........................................................................88 Terror and Imprisonment by the Enemy................................................89 Reorganization of the Youth Organization OKNE................................90 Formation of the People’s Court............................................................91 Women’s Antifascist Front (AFZ).........................................................92 Formation of ETA, the Organization for Partisan Protection................93 Actions of the Reserve Unit...................................................................93 Formation of the NOO (National Liberation Boards) and their Activity ..................................................................................................94 New Leadership of the Youth Organization EPON...............................96 A Large Demonstration in Lerin............................................................97 Formation of SNOF................................................................................97 Banitsa’s Partisan Unit...........................................................................98 The Status of the National Liberation Struggle in the Aegean Part of Macedonia..................................................................................99 An Attack by the Germans...................................................................100 The District Conference of SNOF .......................................................102 Formation of the Macedonian Partisan Units ......................................104 The Imprisonment and Murder of the Partisan Lazo Kochev..............106 Mobilization of ELAS and the Formation of a National Militia .........107 Combat Actions and Diversions by the Banitsa Unit...........................108 The Liberation of Lerin........................................................................110 ELAS’s Command to Dissolve the Macedonian Units of SNOF........110 Retreat to Yugoslavia...........................................................................111 Formation of the First Aegean Macedonian National Liberation Assault Brigade....................................................................................116 Activities of SOF in Banitsa after Liberation from the Germans........119 Reasons for the Failure of the National Liberation Movement............120