re: #302 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

The Eastern Front has always fascinated me since my grandparents had aunts, uncles, and cousins who got caught up in the middle of it. The reason why I brought up Yugoslavia is according to family lore, my grandfather had a cousin killed and the survivors joined the Partisans. I’m not sure about the cousin getting killed part but I do know through talking to a cousin that we did in fact have family that took part in the resistance and according to a book another more distant cousin wrote the part of Slovenia where our family was from was right in the middle of it. It was sadly in some ways a Civil War since some more distant branches collaborated unfortunately.

Only film about Yugoslav partisans that I can recall is “Battle of Neretva” (1969) which showed up on television every so often. Only actor I recall from it is Yul Brynner. (I am not counting the partisans from “Force 10 From Naverone”.)