Slobodan Princip
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{{Infobox person
| name = Slobodan Princip "Seljo"
| image = Slobodan Princip Seljo.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Princip in 1938
| birth_name = Slobodan Princip
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|05|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|4|25|1914|5|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = Šćepan Polje, Independent State of Croatia
| nationality = Bosnian Serb
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| awards = 20px Order of the People's Hero
}}
Slobodan Princip ({{lang-sr-cyr|Слободан Принцип}}; 25 May 1914 – 25 April 1942), nicknamed Seljo (Сељо), was a Yugoslav Partisan fighter and the district staff chief of the Partisan Sarajevo area during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero. He was the nephew of Gavrilo Princip.
Life
Princip was born in Hadžići, near Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), into an ethnic Serb family. His father Jovan (Jovo) was the brother of Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.{{harvnb|Ljubibratić|1959|p=20}} He joined the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) during his gymnasium years in Sarajevo.
The Partisan and Chetnik forces captured Rogatica on 24 October 1941, during the Siege of Rogatica.{{cite book|last=Sarajevo|first=Institut za istoriju radničkog pokreta|title=Prilozi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1u0zAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|page=238|quote=Partizani i četnici su oslobodili Rogaticu 24. oktobra 1941. godine.}} The final assault of the Partisan forces was carried out under the direct command of Partisan HQ member Seljo, including a detachment commanded by Slaviša Vajner "Čiča", when Partisans used Molotov cocktails to attack the town garrison.{{cite book|title=Istorijski glasnik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw0WAQAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Društvo istoričara SR Srbije|page=32}}{{harv|Muzej|1966|p=371}} He got typhoid fever during Operation Trio and died in Šćepan Polje on 25 April 1942. He was buried at the Cemetery of National Heroes on Trebević near Sarajevo.
Legacy
Princip was posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero on 7 November 1942. The acclaimed student cultural club (AKUD) "Slobodan Princip – Seljo" was named after him. A number of schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgrade in Serbia have been named after him as well. In neighbourhood Lukavica in Istočno Novo Sarajevo was military base of Yugoslav People's Army named after him.
Orders
- 60px Order of the People's Hero: 7 November 1942
References
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External links
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- {{cite book|first=Dragoslav |last=Ljubibratić|title=Gavrilo Princip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6MZAAAAIAAJ|year=1959|publisher=Nolit}}
- {{cite book|last=ВМ|title=Vesnik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_4fAAAAMAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Belgrade (Serbia) Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske marodne armije}}
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Category:Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Yugoslav Partisans members
Category:Yugoslav military personnel killed in World War II