SALAMON SADIKARIO-MO


Salamon Sadikario - Mo was born in Bitola in 1922 and comes from a Bitola Jewish family - parents Josif and Vida Sadikario. He was one of seven children in the Sadikario family. His father, Josif, had a religious education and worked as a tanner, while his mother Vida was a housewife. He completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown, after which he actively participated in the youth organization "Hashomer Hacair" in Bitola. In 1941 he became a member of the Union of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ), and in 1942 he was accepted as a member of SKOJ. On 10 March 1943, just before the deportation of the Jews from Bitola, Salamon Sadikario, Samuel Sadikario, Albert Ruso and Albert Kasorla hid in the home of Boris Altiparmakov in Bitola.

After establishing a secure connection with the partisan units, they joined the partisan detachment "Dame Gruev" where Salamon was given the conspiratorial name Mo. Shortly after joining, the detachments "Jane Sandanski", which was a Bitola detachment, and "Dame Gruev", which was a Bitola-Prespa detachment, joined into one. The newly formed detachment retained the name "Dame Gruev" and had about 40 fighters, 12 of whom were Jews. The newly formed detachment acted on the move Florina, Kostur, Voden in the Aegean part of Macedonia.

On 18 August 1943, on Slavej Planina mountain, on the free territory of Debarca, Salamon Sadikario-Mo participated in the formation of the first Macedonian battalion "Mirche Acev", where in addition to being a fighter in the military unit he also served as commissioner of the second group. At the end of December 1943, Salamon Sadikario, as part of the partisan units, resided in the village of Fushtani, Meglensko, Aegean part of Macedonia. Together with Zhamila Kolonomos, as delegates from the Jews, they participated in the First Congress of the Anti-Fascist Youth. At this convention, Salamon spoke about the role of the Jews in the resistance movement. Mo was also a participant in the February campaign towards Kozjak mountain and in the formation of the Third Macedonian Strike Brigade. In early August 1944, after the first meeting of ASNOM, Salamon Sadikario, as a fighter in the Third Macedonian Strike Brigade was a participant in the offensive that took place in the area of Staro Nagorichane and Stracin, where he died. Salamon Sadikario - Mo was buried in the village of Arbanashko, and after the war his remains were transferred to the memorial ossuary in Kumanovo.


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