Peace: The Partizanski dnevnik newspaper

Peace

The Partizanski dnevnik newspaper

Partizanski dnevnik was the only daily newspaper of the Slovene national liberation movement. It first appeared in November 1943 as the military bulletin of the Triglav Division of the National Liberation Army (NOV) and the Partisan Detachments of Slovenia (POS), and then from February to May 1944 as the military bulletin of the 9th Corps of the NOV and POS. On 1 June 1944 it became the newspaper of the Liberation Front for Primorska and Gorenjska. Originally duplicated using a cyclostyle machine, from September 1944 onwards it was printed in two clandestine printing shops in the Idrija area in runs of 4,000, rising on occasion to as many as 7,000 copies. With great sacrifice and ingenuity, its supply team provided type, paper and other printing necessities. Like all clandestine Partisan publications, the newspaper was distributed daily by couriers across the Primorska and Gorenjska regions. Publication continued until 7 May 1945. In the meantime, the editorial office had moved to liberated Trieste. On 13 May 1945 the newspaper was renamed Primorski dnevnik and is still published today as the main newspaper of the Slovene minority in Italy.

Damijan Guštin

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary History (retired)

Stamp design: Front page of Partizanski dnevnik, 24 December 1944

Source of photograph on stamp: Photo library of Idrija Municipal Museum