Informbiro period
정보국 시대
The era of Yugoslav isolation and internal purges that opened with the Tito–Stalin split in 1948 and closed with the Belgrade declaration of 1955. Tens of thousands suspected of supporting the Cominform (Informbiro) resolution were expelled from the party, and the Goli Otok forced-labour camp became the centre of a violent political 're-education' system. Under economic blockade and military pressure, Yugoslavia pivoted toward the West and developed its own model of workers' self-management, while the purge apparatus and fear of 'Cominformism' outlasted the Cominform itself.
Related people
Related historical events
Sources
- Wikipedia (EN) dedicated article: defines the period as 1948–1955 from the Tito–Stalin split through the Belgrade declaration; covers Cominformist purges, Goli Otok, 55,663 party members registered as Cominformists, military/security apparatus purges, economic blockade, and the turn to socialist self-management
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian Wikipedia article on Yugoslavia during the Soviet–Yugoslav conflict: frames it as 'время Информбюро', confirms 1948–1953/1955 dating, purges of информбюровцев, and Yugoslav pivot to the West
- goli-otok.hr Goli Otok memorial site (Udruga 'Ante Zemljar'): confirms the camp operated 1949–1956 for 'actual or alleged supporters of the 1948 Informbiro Resolution,' around 13,000 prisoners subjected to forced labour and violent re-education, and the broad definition of 'state enemy' that drove arrests