![]() In June, 1944, he helped organize the First Congress of Croatian Cultural Workers in Topusko. In February 1943, he lectured for the Communist Party in Livno and in June he was editor of the underground newspaper, “Free Dalmatia”. There he was an organizer for the resistance, directed courses for the Pokrajinski Komitet Komunistička partija Hrvatske (PK KPH, Provincial Committee for the Communist Party of Croatia), edited the underground newspaper “Our Report”, and was later appointed Officer of the Naval Forces for Headquarters IV Operations Zone. After he joined, Leo was sent to Split in the Italian-occupied zone on the Dalmatian Coast. Soon after occupation, Leo, with his wife and child fled and joined the partisans. Central Yugoslavia, including Zagreb, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Leo Gerskovic, his wife Inge, and their child lived in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied the country on April 6, 1941. ![]() Based on the marking on the trigger guard, this pistol was a German military-issued pistol before Gerskovic acquired it. Mauser HSc pistol used by Leo Gerskovic while he was a member of the Yugoslav partisans during World War II.
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