The mining company at the forefront of the resistance to fascism in the second World War

On May 9th, 2025, exactly eighty years had passed since the victory over fascism and the capitulation of Nazi Germany in the World War II (1945-2025). This important date, which holds special historical significance for the Russian and the peace-loving people as a whole, was marked by a solemn military parade in Moscow. This paper conveys the collective memory and empathy toward a courageous and brave generation of miners from Trepča, Belo Brdo, and the Ibar mines, who in July 1941 laid down their mining tools and, with rifles in hand, joined the resistance movement against fascism, the struggle against the occupier, and the ruthless exploitation of labor power. From the first spark of the explosion on the Trepča mine cableway, the miners of the Miners' Company endured all the wartime horrors of the First Proletarian Brigade from 1941 to 1945 and soaked the battlefields with their blood on the road to sacred freedom. Therefore, our memory of the heroic deeds of these miners must be eternal, just as their glory is eternal.