Dimče Gjošev Mirčev (; 13 November 1913 — 7 April 1944) was a
Macedonian
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communist and partisan. He was awarded posthumously the
Order of the People's Hero
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on 2 August 1949.
[„Народни херои од Македонија“, Наша книга, Скопје, 1973, стр. 239]
Biography
Mirčev was born in
Veles
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on 13 November 1913. After finishing primary school, he was sent to learn how to trade.
He became a member of
Young Communist League of Yugoslavia in 1933 and
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
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(KPJ) in 1937. In the period from 1937 to 1941, he organized several strikes in Macedonia and Serbia. In 1940, he was forced to return from
Belgrade
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to Veles, where he was elected to the local committee of the
KPJ
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. He was imprisoned several times.
During World War II
In 1941, he was actively involved in the preparations for the armed uprising. He was a member of the Military Committee at the Local Committee of the KPJ for Veles, organizer of the formation of the Veles Partisan detachment "Dimitar Vlahov" in April 1942, and deputy commander of the detachment from September of the same year.
After the disbandment of the detachment in 1943, he went underground. From February 1944 he went to work in Kavadarci, as the secretary of the Regional Committee of the KPM. Together with Kiro Krstev, they prepared a larger group to join the partisans. During a blockade in the town, the two encountered the Bulgarian police. Mirčev and Krstev found themselves surrounded in a house, on the outskirts of the city. They resisted for seven hours while they had ammunition, and afterwards they died. Their cause of death is disputed, according to some historians it was suicide after they ran out of ammo.
but some have also suggested that they were killed by the Bulgarian police
Legacy
The song "Dimče and Kiro Nalbatot" was sung in his honor and in honor of Kiro Atanasovski.
Five kindergartens in Veles are named after Mirčev.
References
External links
Dimče Mirčev - documentary about his life and work (in Macedonian)
Sources
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mircev, Dimce
1913 births
1944 deaths
People from Veles, North Macedonia
Macedonian communists
Yugoslav Partisans members
Macedonian Partisans