KUMROVEC, May 4 (Hina) - Around 300 members of the Croatian Alliance of Anti-Fascists, the Federation of "Josip Broz Tito" Societies and anti-fascist fighters from Krapina County gathered on Sunday in Kumrovec, the hometown of the
president of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of his death.
KUMROVEC, May 4 (Hina) - Around 300 members of the Croatian Alliance
of Anti-Fascists, the Federation of "Josip Broz Tito" Societies and
anti-fascist fighters from Krapina County gathered on Sunday in
Kumrovec, the hometown of the president of the former Socialist
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), to
commemorate the 23rd anniversary of his death. #L#
Delegations from Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina laid
wreaths by a monument erected in the garden of the house where Tito
was born.
The president of the Alliance of Anti-Fascists, Ivan Fumic,
recalled Tito's role in the Non-Aligned Movement.
"The Non-Aligned were a counterbalance to the policy of big powers
so they could not do what they liked, which is what they do today,"
Fumic said.
Fumic said the level of workers' rights in the former Yugoslavia was
among the highest in the world, and added that it would take a lot of
time for workers to claim back the rights they once enjoyed.
"Tito was wronged the most in his own country and by the people for
whom he had done the most. Fortunately, this is changing every day
and more and more people are realising the greatness of his work and
him as a man," he said.
The commemoration ended with an invitation to citizens to come to
Kumrovec on May 25, the day when Tito's birthday was celebrated.
Tito's wife Jovanka, members of his family, living fellow fighters
and followers laid wreaths at his grave in the "House of Flowers" in
Belgrade today. Unlike previous years, some Belgrade TV stations
aired special programmes about Tito.
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