suing the newspaper “Prespa Voice” “Prespanski glas” in the area of Prespa near Lerin. Macedonian Anti-Fascist Organization (MAO) was issuing the newspaper “Red star” “Crvena zvezda” in the area of Voden and the Local Committee of SNOF was publishing the newspaper “Slavmacedonian Voice” “Slavjanomakedonski glas”. These and some other editions were printed in the Macedonian language. Simultaneously with these activities the question about opening the schools in the mother tongue was raised, too. The preparations for this were made in August 1944. A special commission composed of the Macedonian speller and the textbook because it was impossible to imagine the literacy campaign without this didactic material. The speller was published in 1500 copies, which were distributed in the districts of Lerin and Kostur. Also some teaching courses were initiated in which the Macedonians teachers took part. The participants followed the courses in Macedonian language. At the middle of October the courses’ participants became teachers themselves and started working in the schools in Lerin and Kostur. However, due to a lack of textbooks, some Greek ones were used which were later translated into Macedonian for the needs of the Macedonian children. For the affirmation of the Macedonian national culture and idea, in February 1944, in Kostur, Macedonian cultural and artistic societies and groups were formed in several Macedonian villages. On the performances the most performed was the theatrical performance by Vojdan Chernodrimski called “Macedonian bloody wedding” “Makedonska krvava svadba”. A lot of Macedonian songs were created, too, such as “Netram” for instance. But with the re-establishment of the pre-war regime from February 1945 everything that had Macedonian characteristic stopped being used.
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