Blagoje Parović (Serbian Cyrillic: Благоје Паровић; 25 March 1903 – 7 July 1937) was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and served as a political commissar in the Spanish Civil War.
Blagoje Parović | |
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 Parović in 1937 | |
| Nickname(s) | Šmit (nom de guerre) |
| Born | 25 March 1903 Biograd, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 7 July 1937 (aged 34) Villanueva de la Cañada, Second Spanish Republic |
| Battles / wars | |
Early life
editParović was born on 25 March 1903 in the village Biograd near Nevesinje. His parents Petar and Gospava were poor peasants. Both of his parents died in his early years. His mother died first while his father Petar was killed by soldiers of Austria-Hungary during the First World War. After death of his parents Parović went to Vinkovci where he was educated as shoemaker.[1] His younger brother Rade was taken to Gradiška.
Spanish Civil War
editParović was commissar of the XIII International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.[2] According to communist published works, Parović died on 7 July 1937 in the Battle of Brunete, heading his brigade during one assault toward well-defended enemy positions.[3] Vlajko Begović knew the exact position of his death.[4] Begović was known as executor of the Communist Party enemies. In his 1990 interview to Politika, Vladimir Dedijer stated that Peko Dapčević openly spoke about the possible role of Begović in the murder of Blagoje Parović.[5]
Legacy
editThe central square in Nevesinje, his birth town, is named after Parović. A street in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, Novi Sad, the capital of Serbia's northern province Vojvodina, and Niš, the third largest city in the country, are named after Parović.
References
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- ^ Marjanović, Jovan (1964). Beograd. Nolit. p. 22.
Благоје Паровић (1903—1937) рођен је у селу Биоград код Невесиња у породици сиромашног сељака. Оставши рано сироче, обућарски занат је учио у Винковцима, где је ...
- ^ Yugoslav Illustrated Magazine. Jugoslovenska Revija. 1986. p. 9.
The dead included Yugoslav Politbureau member Blagoje Parovic who died as commissar of the 13th International Brigade leading a charge on the Bruneta front near Madrid.
- ^ Naše teme. Centralni komitet Saveza omladine Hrvatske. 1971. p. 2168.
U toj ofenzivi poginuo je 7. VII 1937. i naš omiljeni drug Blagoje Parović, koji je na čelu svoje brigade jurišao na dobro utvrđene neprijateljske položaje.
- ^ Lalić, Borislav (1979). Čudo se dogodilo u Španiji. Liber. p. 297.
Begović razgleda okolinu, još jednom zaviruje u nekakve svoje papiriće i crteže i kaže: »Evo, tu, baš blizu onog stuba, pao je Blagoje Parović . ..« Bilo je to u leto 1937. godine, u jeku brunetske ofanzive, kad je španska republikanska vojska
- ^ Boris, Begović (20 August 2014). "Смрт Благоја Паровића". Politika Online. Belgrade, Serbia. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
Све је почело интервјуом Владимира Дедијера за „Политику" (наставак од 20. априла 1990. године) у коме он тврди да је „Пеко Дапчевић отворено говорио о улози Влајка Беговића у убиству Благоја Паровића".
Further reading
edit- Milorad Gončin - Blagoje Parović, Narodna Armija, 1984