Tagged “World War II”

Browse Tagged “World War II” from the Canadian Macedonian Heritage Society archive, library and community collections.

Apr 16, 2017

The Story of Vasilka

The Canadian Macedonian Historical Society (CMHS) transformed this year’s Annual General Meeting into a deeply resonant cultural experience. In a special collaboration with the Macedonian Film Festival, members were treated to a screening of the evocative documentary Story of Vasilka. Directed by Giovanni Princigalli, the film is a masterclass in narrative storytelling, weaving together intimate family photographs with rare archival footage from the Kinoteka (Cinémathèque) of Skopje to create an authoritative and emotionally charged historical record. A screening was set ...

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Apr 17, 2016

Metodija Andonov Cento

In April 2016, the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society hosted a lecture by Professor Andrew Rossos on Metodija Andonov-Čento, the first president of ASNOM and a pivotal figure in the "Macedonian Question" of 1946. A "National Communist" who fought for a unified, sovereign Macedonia with the constitutional right to secede from Yugoslavia, Čento was ultimately purged by the Belgrade-led regime, imprisoned for over a decade, and erased from history books until Macedonia's independence in 1991. The presentation highlighted his transition from a suppressed political martyr—whose name was once spoken only in whispers—to a celebrated national patriot whose legacy is now honored with a prominent monument in Skopje.

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Mar 22, 2015

Bitola Macedonia - 100 years of Postcards - Book Launch

On March 22, 2015, the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society celebrated the launch of Dimce Najdov’s book, "Bitola: 100 Years of Postcards," at St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Church. Introduced by Master Artist Georgi Danevski, the lecture highlighted Najdov’s meticulous journey in curating a visual chronology of Bitola across seven historical eras, ranging from the late Ottoman Empire and the devastating impacts of the World Wars to the modern Republic of Macedonia. By documenting the city's architectural and social evolution through postcards, the work serves as a "visual encyclopedia" that preserves the cultural heritage of the "City of Consuls" for both the local community and the Macedonian diaspora in Canada.

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Jan 24, 2010

The Jews of Macedonia

The Canadian Macedonian Historical Society successfully launched its lecture season with a capacity-crowd event at the North York Central Library, featuring presentations on the intersection of Jewish and Macedonian history. Co-President Ginny Evans introduced guest speakers Dr. Christina Kramer, who detailed the history of Macedonian Jews from their 15th-century arrival to the tragic loss of 98 percent of the population during the Holocaust, and filmmaker Marija Makeska, who screened her documentary Get To Know Us and the film Soulmates. The evening highlighted the resilience of the Jewish community, noting the contemporary construction of a Holocaust Memorial in Skopje and the passage of pioneering restitution laws in the Republic of Macedonia. Attended by Consul General Trenevski, the event fostered an engaging dialogue on historical shared struggles and cultural preservation, underscored by a poignant recitation in Ladino, the ancestral language of Sephardic Jews.

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