Katerina Nurdzhieva
{{Short description|Macedonian partisan and activist}}
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|name= Katerina Nurdzhieva
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|birth_place= Gorna Dzhumaya, Bulgaria
|death_date= {{death date and age|2018|10|12|1922|10|18|df=yes}}
|death_place= Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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|caption= Katerina Trajkova Nurdzhieva in St. Erazmo Hospital, Ohrid
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|nationality= Bulgarian
|movement= Communist resistance during WWII in Vardar Macedonia
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|awards= Honorary citizen of the town Delchevo
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Katerina Nurdzhieva (Bulgarian: Катерина Трайкова Нурджиева; Macedonian: Катерина Трајкова Нурџиева) 18 October 1922 – 12 October 2018) was a fighter in the Communist resistance in Vardar Macedonia and a Macedonian national activist. She was an honorary citizen of the town Delčevo in the Republic of Macedonia. She considered herself and is known for being a Macedonian.[http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/?pBroj=2223&stID=21639] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614055557/http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/?pBroj=2223&stID=21639|date=2015-06-14}}Dnevnik - Гоце ќе беше горд што се бореше за Македонија {{in lang|mk}}; 2001 Shatevski, Ljupcho In Bulgaria she is considered a Bulgarian.Спекулиране с паметта на Гоце, Спас Ташев, в-к "Македония", брой 8, 25 февруари 1998 г.
Biography
Nurdzhieva was born in Gorna Dzhumaja (today Blagoevgrad) in Bulgaria in 1922.{{cite web |url=http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/?pBroj=2223&stID=21639 |title=Dnevnik |publisher=Star.dnevnik.com.mk |date= |accessdate=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614055557/http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/?pBroj=2223&stID=21639 |archive-date=2015-06-14 |url-status=dead }} She was the granddaughter of Goce Delchev's first cousin. She finished school in 1943 and was sent as teacher in Štip, then under Bulgarian control. Because she was involved in a Communist conspiracy, she was detained and imprisoned in Štip and then deported on the Aegean island of Thassos, then also annexed by Bulgaria.Македонски Сонце, 2003, броj 475, Интервjу, Катерина Трајкова - Нурџиева, секретарка на Методија Андонов - Ченто и внука на Делчев, Разговарал: Кокан Стоjчев.
In the autumn of 1944, she participated in the battles for the liberation of Macedonia from the Germans, with the 12th Macedonian Brigade formed in the mid of September near Veles. After the communists took power over the area in November, she worked again as a teacher, and was later transferred to the Macedonian General Headquarters in Skopje. After a while she became Secretary of Metodija Andonov-Cento, by personal recommendation of Pavel Shatev.[http://www.promacedonia.org/v_mak/1998/k_nurdzhieva.html Спас Ташев - „Спекулиране с паметта на Гоце“ (в-к „Македония“, брой 8, 25 февруари 1998 г.)]
After the arrest of Andonov-Cento in 1946, she was forced by the new Macedonian authorities to move back to Bulgaria, accused of being pro-Bulgarian.Спас Ташев - „Спекулиране с паметта на Гоце“ (в-к „Македония“, брой 8, 25 февруари 1998 г.) Nurdzhieva died in October 2018 at the age of 95.[http://infomreja.bg/pochina-vnuchkata-na-goce-delchev---katerina-nurdjieva-57392.html?cat=5 Почина внучката на Гоце Делчев - Катерина Нурджиева]
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