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The Trial Of Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic - 1946
STENOGRAPHIC RECORD AND DOCUMENTS FROM THE TRIAL OF DRAGOLJUB-DRAZA
MIHAILOVIC
published by the Union of the Journalists Associations of the
Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia
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http://www.draza-mihailovic.net/article.php3?id_article=5
Our leitmotiv in creating this web site
Last update : on Sunday 27th March 2005
Entered by ROOT
Number of readers : 5
Since Dec. 21rst 2004, former members of the cetnik movement are being
granted by the Serbian parliament the right to retirement pensions and
benefits for their involvement during second world war.
This controversial rehabilitation of once war criminals has been set in
a time of general revisionistic approach of the second world war events
in Yugoslavia.
We decided to make this official and historical document on the trial
of draza Mihailovic (who was convicted with many other of his officers
of treason and war crimes by a yugoslav military court) public as a
counterpunch initiative in response to those who aim at hiding the
crimes commited by either the declared or hidden collaborators of the
Nedic regime during the years of nazi german occupation.
May this document be of help to the worldwide community of
peace-seeking people.
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http://www.draza-mihailovic.net/sommaire.php3
The official transcript
Introduction
STENOGRAPHIC RECORD AND DOCUMENTS FROM THE TRIAL OF DRAGOLJUB-DRAZA
MIHAILOVIC
published by the Union of the Journalists Associations of the
Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia
On June 10, 1946, before the Military Council of the Supreme Court of
the Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia began the trial of 24
traitors and war criminals, including the leading
criminal,Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic.
The trial took place in the Summer Hall of the Infantry Training School
at Topcider, and lasted till July 15, when sentence was passed. It was
attended every day by hundreds of men and women from Belgrade and other
parts of the country. A total of about 30000 persons attended this
trial. The accused were tried before the Military Council of the
Supreme Court of the Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia,
Composed of the President, Colonel Mihailo Djordevic and the members of
the Council, Lieutenant-Colonel Milija Lakovic and Lieutenant Mihailo
Jankovic, the secretary was Lieutenant Todor Popadic and the assistant
judges, Major Nikola Stankovic and Major Radomir Ilic. The prosecution
was represented by the Deputy Military Prosecutor of the Yugoslav Army,
Colonel Milos Minic, with his assistant Captain Milos Jovanovic.
The accused were Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic, Dr. Stevan Moljevic Dr.
Mladen Zujovic, Dr. Zivko Topalovic, Djuro Vilovic, Radoslav-Rade
Radic, Slavoljub Vranjesevic, Milos Glisic, Slobodan Jovanovic, Bozidar
Puric, Dr. Momcilo Nincic, Petar Zivkovic, Radoje Knezevic, Dr. Milan
Gavrilovic, Zivan Knezevic, Konstantin Fotic, Dragomir-Dragi Jovanovic,
Tanasije-Tasa Dinic, Velibor Jonic, Djura Dokic, Kosta Musicki, Bosko
Pavlovic, Dr. Lazar-Laza Markovic and Dr. Kosta Kumanudi.
The following were tried in their absence: Slobodan Jovanovic and
Bozidar Puric, premiers of the emigrant government, Petar Zivkovic, Dr.
Momcilo Nincic and Dr. Milan Gavrilovic, ministers of the emigrant
government, Radoje Knezevic, minister of the court in emigration,
Konstantin Fotic ambassador of the emigrant government to the USA,
Major Zivan Knezevic, director of the military chancellery of the
presidium of the emigrant government, Dr. Zivko Topalovic and Dr.
Mladen Zujovic, political leaders of the Ravna Gora Cetnik
organization, who had fled abroad. All the accused were represented by
counsel, as follows:
Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic, by the barristers Nikola Djonovic and
Dragic Joksimovic;
Djuro Vilovic, by Dr. Milan Omcikus, barrister;
Dragoljub-Dragi Jovanovic, by Slavko Dukanac, barrister;
Tanasije Dinic, by Dr. Bogoljub Jovanovic, barrister;
Velibor Jonic, by Milan Zivadinovic, barrister;
Djuro Dokic, by Dragoljub Joksimiovic, barrister;
Dr. Lazar Markovic, by Aleksandar NikoJic, barrister;
Dr. Kosta Kumanudi, by Dr. Friedrich Pops, barrister, all of which
were chosen by the accused themselves.
The other accused were defended by counsel chosen by the Court:
Radoslav Radic, by Lazar Vucetic, barrister; Slavoljub Vranjesevic and
Milos Glisic, by Blazo Radovic, barrister; Kosta Musicki, by Djordje
Ciric, barrister; Bosko Pavlovic, Radoje Knezevic, and Dr. Milan
Gavrilovic by Slobodan Subotic, barrister; Dr. Mladen Zujovic and Dr.
Zivko Topalovic, by Nikola Radovanovic, barrister, Slobodan Jovanovic,
by Milos Terzic, barrister; Bozidar Puric and Petar Zivkovic, by Pavle
Miljakovic, barrister; Dr Momcilo Nincic, by David Alkalaj, barrister,
and Zivan Knezevic and Konstantin Fotic, by Dragutin Tasic, barrister.
The trial of the traitors and war criminals in Tolpcider was attended
by more then 100 journalists of whom about 60 were from abroad,
representatives of all big world papers and agencies. Special
correspondents were sent by the agencies TASS, CTK, P AP , Reuter,
Associated Press, Agence France Presse, United Press, Overseas News
Agency, International News Service, the Jewish News Agency, Tele Press,
the Albanian Telegraph Agency and ,the newspapers: Pravda Izvestia,
London Times, Daily Worker, New York Times, New York Herald Tribune,
News Chronicle, Daily Express and others. In order to facilitate speedy
communication for the foreign journalists, who had come from the USSR,
Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, the United States of America, Great
Britain, France, China, Hungary, Roumania, Denmark and other countries,
a special office for telegraph and telephone service was established at
Topcider .
The entire proceedings of the trial were translated into Russian,
French and English, so that the foreign correspondents were enabled to
follow directly every word of the Court and the accused. In this way
the correspondents were able to send to their agencies and editors
their reports’ on statements and facts, which had been heard in Court a
few minutes previously. Special correspondents of the papers of all the
People’s Republics of Yugoslavia were also present. The Belgrade Radio
Station transmitted the whole course of the proceedings, so that the
entire country and the world public could listen to every word
pronounced at this stupendous trial. Many hundreds of thousands of
persons throughout Yugoslavia listened with the greatest attention to
the transmission of the Topcider trial, in workshops, institutions,
houses and squares, in all towns and villages.
The Trial Of Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic - 1946
STENOGRAPHIC RECORD AND DOCUMENTS FROM THE TRIAL OF DRAGOLJUB-DRAZA
MIHAILOVIC
published by the Union of the Journalists Associations of the
Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia
---
http://www.draza-mihailovic.net/article.php3?id_article=5
Our leitmotiv in creating this web site
Last update : on Sunday 27th March 2005
Entered by ROOT
Number of readers : 5
Since Dec. 21rst 2004, former members of the cetnik movement are being
granted by the Serbian parliament the right to retirement pensions and
benefits for their involvement during second world war.
This controversial rehabilitation of once war criminals has been set in
a time of general revisionistic approach of the second world war events
in Yugoslavia.
We decided to make this official and historical document on the trial
of draza Mihailovic (who was convicted with many other of his officers
of treason and war crimes by a yugoslav military court) public as a
counterpunch initiative in response to those who aim at hiding the
crimes commited by either the declared or hidden collaborators of the
Nedic regime during the years of nazi german occupation.
May this document be of help to the worldwide community of
peace-seeking people.
---
http://www.draza-mihailovic.net/sommaire.php3
The official transcript
Introduction
STENOGRAPHIC RECORD AND DOCUMENTS FROM THE TRIAL OF DRAGOLJUB-DRAZA
MIHAILOVIC
published by the Union of the Journalists Associations of the
Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia
On June 10, 1946, before the Military Council of the Supreme Court of
the Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia began the trial of 24
traitors and war criminals, including the leading
criminal,Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic.
The trial took place in the Summer Hall of the Infantry Training School
at Topcider, and lasted till July 15, when sentence was passed. It was
attended every day by hundreds of men and women from Belgrade and other
parts of the country. A total of about 30000 persons attended this
trial. The accused were tried before the Military Council of the
Supreme Court of the Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia,
Composed of the President, Colonel Mihailo Djordevic and the members of
the Council, Lieutenant-Colonel Milija Lakovic and Lieutenant Mihailo
Jankovic, the secretary was Lieutenant Todor Popadic and the assistant
judges, Major Nikola Stankovic and Major Radomir Ilic. The prosecution
was represented by the Deputy Military Prosecutor of the Yugoslav Army,
Colonel Milos Minic, with his assistant Captain Milos Jovanovic.
The accused were Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic, Dr. Stevan Moljevic Dr.
Mladen Zujovic, Dr. Zivko Topalovic, Djuro Vilovic, Radoslav-Rade
Radic, Slavoljub Vranjesevic, Milos Glisic, Slobodan Jovanovic, Bozidar
Puric, Dr. Momcilo Nincic, Petar Zivkovic, Radoje Knezevic, Dr. Milan
Gavrilovic, Zivan Knezevic, Konstantin Fotic, Dragomir-Dragi Jovanovic,
Tanasije-Tasa Dinic, Velibor Jonic, Djura Dokic, Kosta Musicki, Bosko
Pavlovic, Dr. Lazar-Laza Markovic and Dr. Kosta Kumanudi.
The following were tried in their absence: Slobodan Jovanovic and
Bozidar Puric, premiers of the emigrant government, Petar Zivkovic, Dr.
Momcilo Nincic and Dr. Milan Gavrilovic, ministers of the emigrant
government, Radoje Knezevic, minister of the court in emigration,
Konstantin Fotic ambassador of the emigrant government to the USA,
Major Zivan Knezevic, director of the military chancellery of the
presidium of the emigrant government, Dr. Zivko Topalovic and Dr.
Mladen Zujovic, political leaders of the Ravna Gora Cetnik
organization, who had fled abroad. All the accused were represented by
counsel, as follows:
Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovic, by the barristers Nikola Djonovic and
Dragic Joksimovic;
Djuro Vilovic, by Dr. Milan Omcikus, barrister;
Dragoljub-Dragi Jovanovic, by Slavko Dukanac, barrister;
Tanasije Dinic, by Dr. Bogoljub Jovanovic, barrister;
Velibor Jonic, by Milan Zivadinovic, barrister;
Djuro Dokic, by Dragoljub Joksimiovic, barrister;
Dr. Lazar Markovic, by Aleksandar NikoJic, barrister;
Dr. Kosta Kumanudi, by Dr. Friedrich Pops, barrister, all of which
were chosen by the accused themselves.
The other accused were defended by counsel chosen by the Court:
Radoslav Radic, by Lazar Vucetic, barrister; Slavoljub Vranjesevic and
Milos Glisic, by Blazo Radovic, barrister; Kosta Musicki, by Djordje
Ciric, barrister; Bosko Pavlovic, Radoje Knezevic, and Dr. Milan
Gavrilovic by Slobodan Subotic, barrister; Dr. Mladen Zujovic and Dr.
Zivko Topalovic, by Nikola Radovanovic, barrister, Slobodan Jovanovic,
by Milos Terzic, barrister; Bozidar Puric and Petar Zivkovic, by Pavle
Miljakovic, barrister; Dr Momcilo Nincic, by David Alkalaj, barrister,
and Zivan Knezevic and Konstantin Fotic, by Dragutin Tasic, barrister.
The trial of the traitors and war criminals in Tolpcider was attended
by more then 100 journalists of whom about 60 were from abroad,
representatives of all big world papers and agencies. Special
correspondents were sent by the agencies TASS, CTK, P AP , Reuter,
Associated Press, Agence France Presse, United Press, Overseas News
Agency, International News Service, the Jewish News Agency, Tele Press,
the Albanian Telegraph Agency and ,the newspapers: Pravda Izvestia,
London Times, Daily Worker, New York Times, New York Herald Tribune,
News Chronicle, Daily Express and others. In order to facilitate speedy
communication for the foreign journalists, who had come from the USSR,
Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, the United States of America, Great
Britain, France, China, Hungary, Roumania, Denmark and other countries,
a special office for telegraph and telephone service was established at
Topcider .
The entire proceedings of the trial were translated into Russian,
French and English, so that the foreign correspondents were enabled to
follow directly every word of the Court and the accused. In this way
the correspondents were able to send to their agencies and editors
their reports’ on statements and facts, which had been heard in Court a
few minutes previously. Special correspondents of the papers of all the
People’s Republics of Yugoslavia were also present. The Belgrade Radio
Station transmitted the whole course of the proceedings, so that the
entire country and the world public could listen to every word
pronounced at this stupendous trial. Many hundreds of thousands of
persons throughout Yugoslavia listened with the greatest attention to
the transmission of the Topcider trial, in workshops, institutions,
houses and squares, in all towns and villages.