October is a nice autumn month. There are a lot of events, grapes, apples, people celebrating home-made saints. But this month, in Serbia, it is the most painful, sadest one. Every October, Serbia cries for its ancestors, relatives, children …Rebellion of the Serbs against the German occupier was bloody punished. For one killed German, 100 Serbs were killed, and for one wounded, 50. On October 21, 1941, 7000 people were killed in Kragujevac. There were 270 children among the shootings. The youngest was 11 years old. After Kragujevac, several thousand people were killed in Kraljevo.
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However, on October 14. in the village Draginac, near Loznica, the first major execution took place. Stojanka Djokic (85), one of the few survivors of the shooting. She found herself in front of the rifles when she was only eight years old.
“That day, the Germans appeared. They were trampling over the garden, and with their feet thrown around the fences, and then they gathered us together. Women cried, and begged them to let their children go, but German soldiers were implacable. I just heard a burst, and after a few seconds I saw a crowd of fallen people around me. I quickly lay over the corpse of a young man, and one German came and stood beside my legs. Those who cried, or gave the signs of life, shot from the gun. In this creepy place I was three days and three nights. Alone, among the corpses,,..
Stojanka was left without a mother, two brothers and two sisters. All the children were younger than her except one sister.
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We must never forget the murder of innocent people, the broken young boys and girls with unrealized dreams, unfinished homework and untold stories. These crimes have become a symbol of all the suffering, and an inseparable part of collective consciousness, and the collective memory of the Serbian people.
It’s always sad to hear those tragedies, no matter how many years have passed. Hope there will really be peace on earth.
Unfortunately, since this planet exists, there were wars, and it will continue. People are the biggest enemies to themselves.
Bad news, may their soul rest in peace
The perpetrator of this crime was sentenced to death in Nuremberg. But this can not compensate for so many deaths of people and children. We will remember forever the crimes committed by the fascists against the Serbian people.
Terribly sad subject but great blog.
Yes, this is a sad memory, but it should never be forgotten.
Horrible and it is awful how humans can behave when they get power over another:( so sorry for your loss and for that of all the Serbian people. It really gets my heart.
Thank you, Andrea. It’s been a long time, but this is not forgotten. It was worse for me when I went to the place where they were killed. In the museum, I saw pictures of executions, their last messages to the family, student uniforms …it remains in memory forever.
this is bad for human race.
In fact it was black day
It was not just a day. The Germans killed throughout the month throughout Serbia. In July 1941, Serbs began to fight against the Germans. There were, of course, victims. Germans killed 100 Serbs for 1 killed German, and 50 Serbs for 1 wounded German. During October, more than 10,000 civilians were killed due to German vengeance. General Franz Friedrich Böhme was responsible for this massacre. He was tried in Nuremberg, as responsible for the massacre of thousands of Serb civilians. He committed suicide.
Yes, what you stated here is very correct and true
Still in the shadows of the german atrocities here in Greece, too.
Yes, the Germans wrapped the whole world in black.
This was a bad omen to have happen, sadness filled with untold hardship.
Yes, I hope it will never happen again. The Serbian people suffered a lot.
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Still in the shadows of the German atrocities here in Greece, too.
Sorry to hear this, my heart is with these people.
So heavy memories, I share your grief… Hope very much that this evil will never return again.
I hope so. My people suffered a lot.
Im so sorry to hear of it, but then the Nazis murdered a lot of people in World War 2. Their leader was evil.
I hope it never happens again.
I hope this evil will never be repeated with us. . Unfortunately, we witnessed the wars in Syria, Iraq, Libya, … I pray that the day will come when humanity will be in peace.
So do I. I can never really understand any nation that does not want peace…
I went to Israel with questions in early 1980s and came out with more questions…
Both Arabs and Jews in themselves can be great people but they would not live peacefully with each other.
Either one wins no peace…Like walking inside a petrol tank.
So I am happy to live in the ends of the earth New Zealand. Not at war.
I wish all the world peace from with and actual peace.
A dream I suppose.
Never will the eternal struggle of religions ever be clear to me. Every religion says that there should be peace, and love among people, and everything is done the other way around.
Its far more than religion, it stems from an old family argument from Issac and Ishmael. Plus so long ago this did that to me, therefore..
Feuds go on for centuries. Why doesn’t mankind simply grow up?
I can really understand the sadness of the Serbs. The incident is one of the worst images of human atrocities that still occur until today, openly or through covert operations.
Every time I go to a museum in Kragujevac, I cry. There are pictures of killing, and the latest messages from people, and children when they find out that they will be shot.There are also their personal belongings, student’s IDs, messages written on papers. Pictures of the site for killing are big, like posters. You can see the expressions of the face of the Germans, and the people leading to executions. Believe me, whoever once goes to see it, will never be able to forget.
Believe me, I understand that, because my country has experienced such things many times.
Oduvek su nas mrzeli i ubijali, silovali jer smo nebeski narod.
Mali ali iznedrili svetske sampione, naucnike svetskog glasa, ostavili u nasledje kulturnu bastinu.
A oni postali nacije osd doseljenika , robijasa, lopova zlocinaca koji su pobegli pred zakonom.
KKoji su zatrli skoro sve starerosedeoce na amaerickom i Australijskom tlu.
I dalje nas mrze, i dalje bi da nas bioloski uniste.
Da li gleda bog odozgo?
Ne znam da li gleda, ali ako ga ima..nadam se da ce im se svaka nasa patnja naplatiti.
Hopefully they are at peace now. Although we don’t forget.
They are in paradise. I hope their killers burn in hell
Odlican post,da se nikad ne zaboravi…..
Nikada..dok je Srba na kugli zemaljskoj.
Why do humans take such delight in atrocity?
For many years, the West has been showing hatred towards Slovenes and Orthodox faith. My people always suffered from them … Germany, Austria, even England … and today is the same. Bombing of Orthodox Serbia, kidnapping of part of the territory, Kosovo, various blackmailing requests, all in order that Serbia would formally recognize that Kosovo is independent. We will never give up our Kosovo. My Serbia has become here, and it will remain there.
I’m not talking about border disputes, or even nationalism. I am wondering why on an individual level, some folks can’t wait for the excuse to commit atrocities…
Probably because they were born as evil. No one normal can do this, only people who are psychopaths who see pleasure in killing can only do it.
still, we seem to be seeing more and more of it
I cannot even imagine what your ancestors and other nationalities went through when they were in the throng of Nazi Germany. I understand though why a whole month is dedicated to them. It was a sad and cruel time I am sure.
It was then, and now it is. NATO bombed Serbia and killed 4,000 people in order to take away our holy land, our Kosovo. We lived under sanctions, we suffer various blackmail, they will not receive us in the EU, until we recognize that Kosovo is independent…This will never happen. We do not want to join the EU at that price.
A very sad time for sure.
This is a genocide against the Serbian people, which has never been adequately punished.Even today, when our Kosovo is seized by us, they are doing the same, but under the mask of democracy.
Zivot sa vecitom ranom u srcu
Da, zaista je velika i neprebolna rana.