Srđan Aleksić, true hero of Bosnian war

[Radojica]

This article is from the Wikipedia, but dont doubt in its credibility.

Srđan Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Алексић, 1966 - 27 January 1993) was a Bosnian Serb amateur actor, prospective swimmer, and soldier in the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the War in Bosnia. He lost his life while defending an ethnic Bosniak, his friend, from being attacked by a group of VRS soldiers, by which he has received several posthumous awards, and a documentary of his life, Srđo, was made by RTS in 2007.

On 21 January 1993, a group of Army of the Republika Srpska soldiers inspected several people at the Trebinje market. After establishing that one of them, Alen Glavović, was a Bosniak, they started harassing and beating him; Glavović was the neighbour and friend of Aleksić. He immediately intervened and tried to aid Glavović, so the four soldiers turned against him and beat him to death with their rifle butts, in front of police officers. Due to the incurred injuries, Srđan fell into a coma, and died on 27 January 1993. Srđan's father wrote in his obituary that "Srđan died carrying out his human duty".
One of the attackers on Srđan was killed during the war, whilst the rest were convicted to twenty-eight months in prison.
Alen Glavović today lives in Sweden, and is married with two kids. Every year he visits Trebinje, Srđan's grave and his father.

There's initiative to name after his name the smallest, but the most important passages in the cities cores in Serbia, Pancevo is the last on this list, next to Sarajevo, Novi Sad and soon it's going to happen in Tuzla.

[Hurrem sultana]

http://www.sarajevo-x.com/vijesti/bi...sica/120303051

podrzavam

[Viljuska]

I heard about him before, he is also mentioned in The Weight of Chains (a Canadian documentary, very good film). I think he knew Alen from before (was his friend?), and I think most people would try to protect their friend, but still brave of him to do so in Trebinje 1993 when everything was fucked up. Also I have a memory the VRS soldiers that got into a fight with Srđan were drunk, but I dont remember exact circumstances.

A man must try to do what he feels is the right thing to do, it is very sad that Srđan lost his life.

[Adrian]

The war in Bosnia was one of the most difficult and most incomprehensible throughout history. Unlike the war in Kosova,IE, where enemies were visible because of completely different nationalities and very small number of mixed marriages...in Bosnia, mixed marriages and friendship between Serbs and bosnian muslims were much higher in number before the war.
Imagine a person with serbian father and muslim bosnian mother, or vice versa. How difficult it was for him to position himself, and to decide in which side to go!
Or, there were a cases when a Serb and a Bosnian were friends for 20 or 30 years, and after the beginning of the war they had run guns to each other!

As for the thread. Brave guy, real hero.

[Radojica]

The war in Bosnia was one of the most difficult and most incomprehensible throughout history. Unlike the war in Kosova,IE, where enemies were visible because of completely different nationalities and very small number of mixed marriages...in Bosnia, mixed marriages and friendship between Serbs and bosnian muslims were much higher in number before the war.
Imagine a person with serbian father and muslim bosnian mother, or vice versa. How difficult it was for him to position himself, and to decide in which side to go!
Or, there were a cases when a Serb and a Bosnian were friends for 20 or 30 years, and after the beginning of the war they had run guns to each other!

As for the thread. Brave guy, real hero.

Illyrian, not sure if you can understand something ( I suppose you can as you live in Kosovo ), but this song make my skin bristle every time I hear it, so true, so sad... People who don't know shit would say this is just Croatian propaganda...when we hate with hate with all our hearths, but when we love, we love til the pain

[YOUTUBE]7mzMkdtJedc[/YOUTUBE]

[Adrian]

Rado, I can't view this video for the moment. I will answer later

[Adrian]

Illyrian, not sure if you can understand something ( I suppose you can as you live in Kosovo ),

Sure, I understand the language. I was little boy in time of YU, but I've learned serbo-croatian language from TV and serbians in my neighbourhood.

but this song make my skin bristle every time I hear it, so true, so sad... People who don't know shit would say this is just Croatian propaganda...when we hate with hate with all our hearths, but when we love, we love til the pain

[YOUTUBE]7mzMkdtJedc[/YOUTUBE]

I haven't listened this song before. Good song.
Mainly, croatians, serbs and bosnians have had excellent relations between them at the time of YU. Number of mixed marriages explains it very well. Later, things changed.

While I write, two things come to my mind.

1. Yugo car - as a symbol of unity and economic development of Yugoslavia



...and this movie scene from 'Lord of War' with Nicolas Cage.

2. "...I will launched a shipment to the Balkans. When they say we going to have a war, they keep their word".

[YOUTUBE]a-lBR46S2ng[/YOUTUBE]

[Guapo]

People who don't know shit would say this is just Croatian propaganda...[/YOUTUBE]

Sure it's propaganda, there are no blonde Serbian women. They're still singing Serbian songs after the war too and the old footage of chetniks is awesome.

[Lena]

Mainly, croatians, serbs and bosnians have had excellent relations between them at the time of YU. Number of mixed marriages explains it very well. Later, things changed.

Even later many of them, when in a position, helped each other trough the war. Some of them were crossing Miljacka in the middle of the Winter, going to the 'Serbian side' because their beloved ones were on the other side...

While I write, two things come to my mind.

1. Yugo car - as a symbol of unity and economic development of Yugoslavia

[YOUTUBE]jWtFaPcNxgY[/YOUTUBE]

[Heretik]

Mainly, croatians, serbs and bosnians have had excellent relations between them at the time of YU. Number of mixed marriages explains it very well. Later, things changed.

Propaganda says so but that is not the truth really. Maybe it was like that in the beginning of SFRJ but the reality, especially in the late 60's and early 70's, was much different. I would say that relations between Croats and Serbs were similar to relations nowadays.

Respect for Srđan Aleksić!