ZIV JE DRAZA, UMRO NIJE, DOK JE SRPSTVA I SRBIJE
Vitaca Milut
Oj lijepa srpska vilo,
da li bi ti tesko bilo,
da pokazes grob neznani,
gde su srpski zli dusmani,
gde su tajno, jedne noci,
u osveti i nemoci,
ubili nam srpskog bana
div junaka sa Balkana?
Beograde, da li smijes
cica Drazu da otkrijes?
Otkrij nama tu istinu,
o velikom srpskom sinu!
Odgovara bijela vila:
"Ne brinite deco mila,
Draza uvek na nas gleda,
cika Pera pored njega,
mudri Milos, Karadjordje
i sve casne srpske vodje.
Oni zive medj ljudima,
u srpskom srcu i grudima.
Sto pitaste - tajna nije
o vitezu od Srbije:
Draza je od prvog dana
stao u red velikana!"
ZIV JE DRAZA, UMRO NIJE,
DOK JE SRPSTVA I SRBIJE!
(Narodna)
Vitaca Milut (Pronounced: Vitacha Milut)
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Tudja pomoc i mlaki nacini ne dolikuju narodu koji ima nacionalni ponos.
(Jovan Cvijic)
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Vitaca Milut
ADOLPH HITLER (February 16th, 1943): "Having in view the danger con-
tained in Mihailovic's movement, I have already, in anticipation of
all eventualities, issued orders for the destruction of all his
supporters on the territory occupied by any troops... The liquid-
ation of Milhailovic's movement at the present time will no longer
be an easy matter because of the forces which he has at his disp-
osal.
RICHARD M. NIXON (April 21, 1966): "General Draza Mihailovic was a
patriot, a brave soilder and a gallant ally of the United States
and every nation that went to war in the early forties to destroy
the tyrannies that sought to enslave our world. Hunderds of Amer-
ican pilots owe their lives to General Mihailovic and his forces
and the American people will never forget that debt. As long as
there are patriots in any nation, the name of General Mihailovic
will be remembered and revered.
LEGION OF MERIT
CHIEF COMMANDER
When President Harry S. Truman awarded Serbian Chetnik leader
General Draza Mihailovic with the Legion of Merit (the highest
award possible for any non-U.S. citizen) on March 29, 1948 he
wrote:
General Dragoljub Mihailovich distinguished himself in an
outstanding manner as Commander-in-Chief of the Yugoslavian Army
Forces and later as Minister of War by organizing and leading
important resistance forces [Chetniks] against the enemy which
occupied Yugoslavia, from December 1941 to December 1944. Through
the undaunted efforts of his troops, many United States airmen
were rescued and returned safely to friendly control. General
Mihailovich and his forces, although lacking adequate supplies, and
fighting under extreme hardships, contributed materially to the
Allied cause, and were instrumental in obtaining a final Allied
Victory.
Vitaca Milut (Pronounced: Vitacha Milut)
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Onda Djordje podje kroz nahije i udari na turske palanke,
pa popali turske karaule sve palanke on turske popali,
i porusi turske teferidze zensko, musko, sve pod mac udari.
(Iz narodne pesme "Pocetak bune protiv dahija")
Vitaca Milut
INTRODUCTION
Throughout coverage of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and previous-
ly in Croatia, Serbian forces wether regular or irregular have been
reffered to as "Chetniks" by their adversaries-- Muslims and Croats.
By calling them "Chetniks" their intention was to degrade the Serbs.
Just who and what are "Chetniks." That is what I will briefly explain.
BACKGROUND
Under the attack by the Axis powers in April 1941, Yugoslavia fell
and with her went the army. Yugoslavia was complete encircled by the
Nazi war machine countries of Albania, Italy, Austria, Hungary, and
Bulgaria.
Serbia's Colonel (later General) Draza Mihailovic reorganized the
armed forces into the Serbian Chetniks - the first guerilla resistance
to Hitler in all of Europe. Through their efforts, the Chetniks were
essential in the final Allied victory.
The Chetniks were responsible for rescuing over 500 U.S. airmen
that found themselves crashed over Yugoslavia during the war. They
took care of them until they were fit to rejoin their formations, when
the Chetniks returned them to Allied control. Both the U.S. and U.K.
sent official missions with supplies to General Miahilovic and his
Chetniks to help in the liberation of Yugoslavia.
Here's what some world leaders said of the Chetniks:
WINSTON CHURCHILL (April 6th, 1941): "Your courage will shine out in
the pages of history and will, too, reap a more immediate reward.
Whatever you may lost in the present, you have saved the future.
ADMIRAL HARWOOD
GENERAL AUCHINLECK
AIR-MARSHAL TEDDER (April 16th, 1942): "With admiration we are
following your directed operations which are of inestimable value
to our Allied cause.
GENERAL EISENHOWER (January 1st, 1943): "..These brave men who joined
your ranks in their birth places in order to expel the enemy from
your Homeland, are fighting with complete devotion and sacrifice for
the mutual cause of the United Nations. May this struggle bring them
complete success.
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Vitaca Milut
CHETNIK DAY IN CHICAGO
(Seal of The City Of Chicago)
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
EDWARD J. KELLY
MAYOR
P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, The United Nations, compromising the entire democratic
world, are now locked in a death struggle with those who would impose
the yoke of slavery upon all who oppose their will of force; and
WHEREAS, every member nation, through sanctioning the Four
Freedoms is fighting for the preservation of these ideals which
deserve every support of all freedom-loving peoples fortunate enough
to have avoided the agonies of war within their home land; and
WHEREAS, in all countries where men may today enjoy the benefits
of freedom, the valor of General Draja Michalovitch and his legions
of Chetniks is symbolic of this great universal fight for freedom; and
WHEREAS, because there are assembled this evening citizens of the
United States, official representatives of the United Nations, and of
the Jugoslav organization of Cook County, it is fitting and proper that
the valiant deeds of the Chetniks be graphically documented and
preserved for posterity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Edward J. Kelly, Mayor of the City of Chicago,
do hereby designate, in recognition of this historic organization,
April 1, 1943, as CHETNIK DAY in Chicago; and I do urge all citizens
to salute the glorious deeds of these brave patriots and allies.
Dated at Chicago this thirteenth day of March, A.D., 1943.
(Signature: Edward J. Kelly)
Mayor
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1991, 1992, AND BEYOND...
Serbian freedom fighters today in the former-Yugoslavia tend to
be labeled as Chetniks because Chetniks were the "fighting
guerrillas." As you can see, calling a Serb a Chetnik evokes pride
not shame. But the Croats' and Muslims' use of the term as an insult
is understandable, after all, they sided with the Nazis in WW II and
the Chetniks were their enemies - and still are. It comes as no
surprise that they shold try and degrade the Chetniks for having
fought on behalf of freedom and democracy.
Vitaca Milut (Pronounced: Vitacha Milut)
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Protivne partije sve sam unictozio. (Milos, u pismu bratu)
Victor Wickerhauser
The chetniks of Serbia collaborated with the Nazi quisling regime of
General Nedic during World War II. The leader of the chetniks, Drazha
Mihaijlovic, was caught by the victorious allies and executed after the war
for his part in atrocities against Jews, Muslims and other minorities in
Serbia. During WWII, more than 80% of the 30,000 Jews living in Serbia
disappeared; of the 11,000 Jews who lived in Belgrade before WWII, only 1115
survived to 1948. The Serbians who collaborated in the extermination of Jews
in Belgrade made early use of the portable gas chamber, a truck into which
Jews would be sealed and then exposed to exhaust fumes as they were driven to
a concentration camp. When they arrived dead, they would be buried in a mass
grave after being stripped of their possessions. These facts are compiled in
the Encyclopedia Judaica under ``Yugoslavia'' but have perhaps not received
the attention they deserve. Thus it is particularly obscene that chetnik
racism has reemerged unopposed in Serbia.
The present regime in Yugoslavia (that is, Serbia and Montenegro) has
rehabilitated the ``chetniks'' and has glorified and officially supported
those who espouse their racism. The current self-proclaimed ``duke'' of the
chetniks, Vojislav Sheshelj, is a member of Serbia's parliament: he recently
traveled to Jajce, in Bosnia-Herzegovina to give his adherents a pep talk. In
Jajce about 30,000 non-Serb civilians were ``ethnically cleansed'' by the
Yugoslav Army during its invasion of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The consequences of
the official Serbian support of the chetnik political party is plain to see
in Sarajevo, too. Almost all of the Jews from Sarajevo have been evacuated,
the ancient synagogue in Sarajevo has been shelled and nearly destroyed, and
the Jewish cemetery has been transformed into a Serbian artillery battery.
This is a grim repetition of the events of 50 years ago in Belgrade. It is
not surprising that 4 of Serbia's 5 partners in Yugoslavia have declared
independence to distance themselves from these resurrected chetniks.
Serbia has revived the dark forces of the most shameful time in its history.
Today's Serbia must atone for its WWII chetniks, must outlaw and prosecute
the neochetniks, and must promise ``Never again'' to the victims of chetnik
racism both in the past and in the present.
Sincerely,
M. Victor Wickerhauser
--
Professor M. Victor Wickerhauser <vic...@math.wustl.edu>
Department of Mathematics, Campus Box 1146, One Brookings Drive,
Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri 63130 USA
Telephone: USA+(314)935-6771; Facsimile: USA+(314)935-5799
Branko Radosavljevic
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