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image by Janko Ehrlich - Zdvorak, 26 August 2001
image by Janko Ehrlich - Zdvorak, 26 August 2001
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In 1945 was the time when Partisan movement still had to
collaborate with the Yugoslav Royal Government, which was in
exile in London since 1941, and legal status of the government in
Yugoslavia (and in Croatia too) was a little bit
"fluid". So, the name of new state was Demokratska
Jugoslavija (Democratic Yugoslavia) and a little bit later
Demokratska federativna Jugoslavija (Democratic Federative
Yugoslavia). Such transitional period existed until November 29,
1945 when the Constitutional Assembly declared Federativna
narodna republika Jugoslavija (Federative People's Republic o
Yugoslavia).
The first emblem was found it on an old document, issued
immediately after the liberation of Zagreb (May 8, 1945). It is a
seal with an inscription Federalna država Hrvatska (Federal
State of Croatia) over a coat-of-arms in the centre and Tehnički
fakultet, Zagreb (Technical Faculty, Zagreb) below. The another
one was pictured on a tax stamp. Note the difference in type of
the star. That means that they changet it very shortly after the
war. The seal is issued earlier.
That means that in the same time each republic become Narodna
republika (People's Republic), so Croatia too and that
this seal was not in use anymore.
Janko Ehrlich - Zdvorak, 26 August 2001
"Nations of Yugoslavia went into struggle and fought
unyielding battles against the enemy, carried their National
flags with the five pointed Star as symbols of the National
Liberation Struggle.
At the Historical 2nd Session of the Antifascist Council of
National Liberation of Yugoslavia, held in Jajce on 29th of
November 1943, at which the foundations of the Democratic Federal
Yugoslavia were laid, the State Flag became the symbol of
strength of all Nations of Yugoslavia.
The five-pointed Star on flags is the star which has shined to us
and gave us strength and belief in hardest times of national
uprisings and enemy offensives, it instil unshakeable confidence
that the Nations of Yugoslavia, under the leadership of the
National Hero Marshal Tito will enjoy days of liberty, happiness
and
fortunate existence.
Regarding all of the above, the duty of each individual is to
respect these sanctities, and therefore I order:
1. In all occasions when the National flags and the Yugoslav flag
are hoisted or carried, these must only the flags with the
five-pointed Star on the middle field, laid in a way that the
peaks of the points of the five-pointed Star grasp other fields.
This is the only form of our State flags and other flags i.e. the
ones without the five-pointed Star are not to be displayed.
2. At all of the State Institutions in the area of the Federal
Croatia, it is obligatory to fly the Yugoslav State Flag and the
Flag of the Federal Croatia..
This order is valid immediately from this moment on.
Death to Fascism - Freedom to the People!
Ministry of Interior Affairs
No. 1644.-45.
26th of May 1945.
Source: Proceedings of Laws, Decrees and Orders (Zbornik
zakona, uredaba i naredaba), the Official Gazette of the
Federal State of Croatia (Narodne novine), Year I, Vol.
II, No. 30, Page 87, Issue 25th September 1945, Zagreb.
This is an interesting source on the flags of the Federal State
of Croatia (1943-1945) within the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia.
From this source it could be clearly understood that even in this
initial period the five-pointed red star ought to be displayed
with three of the peaks of the points entering into the red and
blue stripes of the flag.
This source also defines that all of the Nations of Yugoslavia
have the right to display their flags if and only if the
five-pointed red star is presented on them.
In that time there were no definition of nations and
nationalities but all of the different ethnicities of Yugoslavia
were considered as nations, especially when combating was
involved.
We can find various announcements and pamphlets during the
National Liberation Struggle which support the claim that in
times of battle all the nations were equal in their right to
fight for Yugoslavia.
Anonymous, 1 November 2008
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image by Janko Ehrlich - Zdvorak, 26 August 2001
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image by Janko Ehrlich - Zdvorak, 26 August 2001