The Macedonian Anti-Fascist Organization was a Macedonian political organization formed in 1941 in the

Voden Edessa ( el, Έδεσσα, ; also known as the "''City of Waters and of the 5 Senses''"), until 1923 Vodena ( el, link=no, Βοδενά), is a city in northern Greece and the capital of the Pella regional unit, in the Central Macedonia region of ...

region at the initiative of the

Communist Party of Greece The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece. Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curren ...

. The organization was headed by

Vangel Ajanovski-Oče Vangel Ajanovski-Oče ( mk, Вангел Ајановски-Оче) (1909–1996) was the initiator and communist leader of Macedonian national organizations such as the Macedonian Anti-Fascist Organization ( mk, Македонска антиф� ...

, Angel Gacev, Risto Kordalov, Dini Papayankov and others. The aim of the organization was, in alliance with the Greek

EAM-ELAS The Greek People's Liberation Army ( el, Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), ''Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós'' (ELAS) was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberat ...

, to fight the fascist forces. It was dissolved in 1943.Ајановски Вангел-Оче, Егејски бури, Скопје, 1975; Хр. Андоновски, Македонците под Грција во борбата против фашизмот 1940–1944, Скопје, 1968.

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