Descendants of Former Yugoslav Prisoners of War and Post-War Emigrants
At the memorial ceremony in Osnabrück, daughters of former Yugoslav prisoners of war and post-war emigrants who remained in Germany after the Second World War paid their respects: Radmila Nikolić, Branka Životić and Milena Jazavac Guthof — each carrying her father's story of deportation, forced labour and a homeland never seen again.
From left to right: Radmila Nikolić, daughter of Vasilije Dakić, born in 1919 in Banjani, Bosnia. In 1941, he was deported to Germany by the German occupation authorities. During the war, he was forced to endure the difficult refugee treks through Silesia, Pomerania, and Schleswig-Holstein. After the war, he decided to remain in Germany, where he met his future wife, who herself had arrived as a refugee from West Prussia.
Standing next to her is Branka Životić, daughter of Svetozar Bjelopetrović from Primišlje in the Lika region. After the war, he never saw his homeland again. Although he had belonged to the Ljotić movement during the war, he was known as a person who maintained friendships with people of different political views and was very active within the Serbian community in Germany.
Also pictured is Milena Jazavac Guthof, daughter of Slavko Jazavac. He was born on May 6, 1922, in Šibine near Glina. During the war, he was deported to Germany and forced to work as a labourer in the factories of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring.
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