JUGOSLOVENSKA RAVNOGORSKA OMLADINA U DRUGOM SVETSKOM RATU ORGANIZACIJA I IDEOLOGIJA – ORGANIZACUA I IDEOLOGIJA
THE YUGOSLAV RAVNA GORA YOUTH ORGANIZATION IN WWII - ORGANIZATION AND IDEOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: The Yugoslav Ravna Gora Youth Organization (JURAO) was part of the Ravna Gora Movement and represented an attempt at gathering young royalists and nationalists into a single organization aimed at the spiritual revival of the Serbian people and the formation of a new state. The organization was meant to be an alternative to the temptations offered by leftist (SKOJ) and rightist youth organizations during WWII. The young gathered in the nationalistic organization were expected to take part in the general propaganda of the Ravna Gora Movement in defense of the monarchy. Beginning with 1943, JURAO had their own military headquarters stationed in the brigades and corps of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (JVUO), the army made up of members and followers of the Ravna Gora Movement. There were even several so-called schoolboy battalions and companies, and many youngsters actually took part in combat actions against Partizan and »volunteer« outfits. The most important of these military divisions was Headquarters 501, situated in Belgrade and consisting of the elite of young nationalists, former members of the prewar youth organization called the Serbian Culture Club.

• Details
• Contents