Panta Draškić
Panta Draškić | |
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 Draškić in 1918 | |
| Minister of Labor of the Government of National Salvation | |
| In office 29 August 1941 – 10 November 1942 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pantelija Draškić 30 November 1881 Užice, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | 22 August 1957 (aged 75) Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Profession | Soldier, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Serbia (1901–1918) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1919–1941) Government of National Salvation (1941–1942) Nazi Germany (1941–1942) Chetniks (1943–1945) |
| Years of service | 1901–1936, 1943–1945 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
Pantelija "Panta" Draškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Пантелија Панта Драшкић; 30 November 1881 – 22 August 1957) was a Serbian army general and politician whose career spanned four decades.
Biography
[edit]Draškić was born in Užice in 1881, and served in the Balkan Wars and World War I.[1][2] By the 1930s he was Adjutant to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
During World War II he sided with Milan Nedić's Government of National Salvation, which collaborated with Nazi Germany. He encouraged anti-partisan activities and recruited soldiers to fight the communists. In August 1941 he was appointed Minister of Labor for the regime.[3]
In 1943, Draškić joined the Chetniks, and returned to his rank of brigadier general.[citation needed]
During the occupation, he was the only member of Nedić's regime that is known to have aided in the rescue of Jews. He saved a Jewish Colonel, Abraham Beraha, and his wife from persecution by obtaining papers making them exempt from the laws and keeping them safe.[citation needed]
After the collapse of the government and the communist takeover, many Chetniks and former members of the Nedić regime fled with the Germans to Austria, though Draškić did not. He remained in Yugoslavia, and received a prison sentence from the communist authorities. He was the only member of the regime who remained in the country that did not get executed.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bjelajac, Mile (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918-1941: studija o vojnoj eliti i biografski leksikon. Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije. p. 146. ISBN 9788670050396.
- ^ MacKenzie, David (1995). The "Black Hand" on Trial: Salonika, 1917. East European Monographs. p. 104. ISBN 9780880333207.
- ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2005. Indiana University Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780253346568.
- ^ Панта Драшкић – цена части („РТС“, 2. новембар 2015), Приступљено 2. 11. 2015.
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