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Coastal Woman: Periodical of the Women's Antifascist Front

Added by Irma Puskarevic 134 on Feb 6th, 2026

Date

June 1945

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24 × 33 cm

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Title (native): Primorka: Glasilo Antifašističke fronte žena za hrvatsko primorje 

Category: Periodical 

Genre: Brochure

Description: Primorka (Coastal Woman) was one of several regional periodicals published by the Women’s Antifascist Front of Yugoslavia (AFŽ) during the People’s Liberation War (1941–1945).

Issued by the Regional Committee for the Coastal Area (Croatia), the publication was produced under wartime conditions as part of the broader partisan press network coordinated by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The periodical aimed to inform, mobilise, and politically educate women, encouraging their active participation in the antifascist struggle. 

Month:  June

Year:  1945

Issue:  n/a

Years of publishing: n/a 

Publisher: Women's Antifascist Front of Croatia's Coastal Area 

Language: Serbo-Croatian 

Script: Latin 

Cover credits: Vilim Svećnjak

Printer (title native): Narodna štamparija 'Primorski vjesnik' 

Printer (title translation): State print shop 'Primorski vjesnik' 

Dimensions: ca. 24x33cm

Holding institution (physical): City Museum of Rijeka, Croatia 

Holding institution (digital): n/a 

Rights: City Museum of Rijeka, Croatia 

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This brochure is a collection of texts reflecting on the four years of women's labour and involment in the People's Liberation Struggle of Yugoslavia during WWII.
Source: City Museum of Rijeka, Croatia
This brochure is a collection of texts reflecting on the four years of women's labour and involment in the People's Liberation Struggle of Yugoslavia during WWII.