[MGSA-L] A bit of Greek history in Serbia

[Boskovic, Vladimir]

Something I came across on the internet, might be of interest to the members of the list.

MAY 1945 (image). The Bulkes (now Maglić) was a small town in northwestern Serbia, in the bend of the Danube in Vojvodina. Almost all the inhabitants were German colonizers. The city was given to the Greek political refugees, around 5000-6000 souls, with their families. After the December defeat, thousands of ELAS fighters went to Yugoslavia and settled in Bulkes. In May 1945, with a permission of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, 4,650 members of ELAS settled in the abandoned village houses. Until 1949 Bulkes was treated as an extraterritorial Greek municipality on the territory of Yugoslavia, governed by Greek laws and using special Greek banknotes.

Bulkes Greek Dinars (1945 - 1949), In: Greek Banknotes, <http://www.greekbanknotes.com/greek-banknotes/bulkes/> (20. V 2014).

Milan Ristović, ''The Buljkes Experiment "Greek Republic" in Yugoslavia 1945-1949'', In: Annual for Social History, year IV, no. 2-3, Belgrade, 1997, <http://www.udi.rs/articles/The_Buljkes.doc<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.udi.rs%2Farticles%2FThe_Buljkes.doc&h=cAQG5zrtb&enc=AZOSGMSjnb6QYgMGSKgYjM1wfpsZrEHanpPDCW536Px-Dloc_iUq0pnn_wrwh8DrX9rBoiKvpDBScdwoBoeBZ4qt3cPEss7wDwd89qRzj8Ej0h3i_SZyYtsm5PDSX5bgaEycdWAzY3Z_AnSeizA5Q_Bg&s=1>> (20. V 2014).

Best,
Vladimir Boskovic
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