CONDITIONS IN YUGOSLAV UNIVERSITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1X i- Conditions in Yugoslav universities during 1248 and 1949 were varied.
The Universities of Belgrade and Zagreb were well established, The
Universities of Ljubljana and Skopije were established by the present
regime. The above four universities and the University of Sarajevo
form the present cultural centers of the Communist Federation of
Yugoslavia. The University of Zagreb is considered the best and has been
operating continuously. Belgrade University was closed during the
war.
2. The handicaps facing the universities during 194 and 1949 were:
a. Most teachers and members of scientific staffs were either killed
during the war, had fled from the Communist regime, or were imprisoned
as anti-Communists4 They were replaced by half-educated persons
belonging to the Communist Party.
b. The number of students increased. The academic standards were lower,
There were 2,Ouu to 3,000 officers studying medicine at these
universities,
c. The foreign students were composed of Albanians, Bulgarians,' Rumanians
and Hungarians, who appeared to be anti-Cominformists. These students
were quartered at the Studenski Dom (Student House) at a cost of 1,500
dinars a :month. Albanian non-Communist refugee students included:
Panish Paca, Enver MMetani, Cesk T)aj ci, Halil Topalli, and to artin Camaj,
There were also about 30 Albanians from the Kosova area in the universities.
d. Specialized courses available in the Western countries or in the
Soviet Union were lacking. A small number of trusted students were
sent to Switzerland or. France to study. In addition to the courses
required for specialized fields., the following courses were obligatory
for all students in the above universities:
I) The Theory of Marx-Lenin
2) The History of the Communist Party
3) The Development of Communism in Yugoslavia
!4) Theory and Military Training. .`ilitary training is held twice
a week under the supervision of Yugoslav officer.
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e. Books were scarce and in certain fields texts were non-existent. Texts
on science were unobtainable and those existing were poorly translated
editions of Soviet works. Scientific books have citations from Stalin.
A book, Unutrasje Bolesti., translated from the Russian., claims that
Stalin ma e e grca es contribution to medical science.
f The university laboratories are poorly equipped in spite of UNRRA con-
tributions. This lack of equipment was covered by official propaganda
stating that an anti-cancer center would be built. The building was erected.,
but it lacks equipment.
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