„Michael Mitic Apostolski“ – the Transformations of One Identity

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Pages: 318-333

Abstract:

The Second World War was the most brutal war in human his tory, claiming millions of lives and changing the fate of billions of human beings across the planet. In Macedonia, the war was accompanied by his torical processes that led to transformations with consequences to this day. The thesis of Macedonian historiography about the eternal and permanent Macedonian national identity, which is the foundation of the nationalist narrative near the Vardar, is refuted by the objective history of people like Mihailo Apostolski. The war overtakes Mihajlo Mitic while working as a Yu goslav officer. Him ending up in an Italian camp and the release of Mihail Mitev Apostolov opened opportunities for service in the Bulgarian army or administration, and the involvement in the communist resistance led to the birth of Mihail Apostloski. The complete transformation ended with Mihailo Apostolski in Tito’s Yugoslavia after 1945.

Keywords:

Second World War, Macedonia, Mihailo Apostolov, identity, transformation.

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