Dimče Mirčev
Yugoslav partisan
Dimče Gjošev Mirčev (Macedonian: Димче Ѓошев Мирчев; 13 November 1913 — 7 April 1944) was a Macedonian communist and partisan. He was awarded posthumously the Order of the People's Hero on 2 August 1949.
Biography
Mirčev was born in Veles 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 (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 to Veles, where he was elected to the local committee of the KPJ. 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.
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