Mladen Žujović

Mladen Žujović
Mladen Žujović
	Mladen Žujović in 1940
Native name	Младен Жујовић
Born	5 June 1895; Belgrade, Serbia
Died	15 November 1969 (aged 74); Paris, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Service/branch	Chetniks
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Commands	Yugoslav Army units in Dalmatia, Lika and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mladen Žujović (1895—1969)^[1] was Serbian and Yugoslav attorney and professor of Law at Belgrade University. He was known as member of British-supported secret society Konspiracija and during the World War II as a member of the Central National Committee of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and since 1943 commander of Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland in Dalmatia, Lika and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography

Žujović was born on 5 June 1895 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia.^[2] He was attorney PhD and professor at Belgrade University.^[3]

On 8 August 1938 a secret society Konspiracija, established to perform coup d etat and overthrow regime of Prince Pavle with support of United Kingdom^[4] had their first meeting presided by Slobodan Jovanović^[5] in a house of Žujović.^[6] Dragiša Vasić, Milan Žujović and Milan Nikolić were members of the Executive Council of the Conspiracy.^[7]

Together with Dragiša Vasić, Žujović created a plan to establish Central National Committee of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (CNK).^[8] Žujović went to Belgrade to select candidates for membership of CNK. Eventually he recruited a number of people while he personally was a member of the CNK.^[9]

Since May 1943 he moved to Split.^[10] At the end of June 1943, Italians arrested Žujović in action against Chetniks coordinated with Germans who arrested Pavle Đurišić earlier.^[11] After he was appointed as a delegate of Draža Mihailović for Dalmatia, Lika and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina with rank of Lieutenant Colonel.^[12]^[13]^[14]

When Italian forces surrendered to communist forces in Dalmatia in the autumn of 1943 Žujović fled to Italy and then to Cairo.^[15] He was sentenced to death in absentia during the trial against Draza Mihailovic and his accomplices. Žujović died in Paris, France, 1969.

Thanks to Teodora Žujović the manuscripts of Mladen Žujović that he took with him as a refugee were published.^[16]

References

^ Recueil des travaux du Musée national. Narodni Muzej Čačak. 2011. p. 128. Младена Жујовића (Београд, 1895 Париз. 1969)
^ Report. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1902. p. 160. of New York, County of New York, ss: Mladen Zujovic, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he resides at 20 West ... admitted temporarily to the United States; that he was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on June 5, 1895; that he was,
^ Beograd u ratu i revoluciji 1941-1945. Istorijski arhiv Beograda. 1984. p. 450. Српског културног клуба: др Младен Жујовић, адвокат, Мнлан Жујовић, професор Београдског универзитета,
^ Recueil des travaux du Musée national. Narodni Muzej Čačak. 2011. p. 126. С друге стране, Слободан Јовановић, Драгиша Васић и Младен Жујовић били су у најужем врху илегалне организације „Конспирација, формиране у лето 1938. године, са циљем рушења режима кнеза Павла (уз подршку Велике Британије)
^ (Zečević 2003, p. 334):"„Конспирације", поред њега и председавајућег Слободана Јовановића,
^ NIN: nedeljne informativne novine. Politika. 1996. p. 53. „Конспирација" је основана „за државни удар". а њен први састанак одржан је 8. августа 1938. у кући Младена Жујовића.
^ Prilozi. Institut za istoriju. 2001. p. 168. Kao operativno rukovodstvo ove organizacije formiran je Izvršni odbor u kome su bili Dragiša Vasić, Mladen Žujović i Milan Nikolić.
^ (Matić & Vesović 1995, p. 20):"План о стварању Централног националног комитета покренули су Младен Жујовић и Драгиша Васић."
^ (Karchmar 1973, p. 574):"Mladen Zujovic was dispatched to Belgrade to select the candidates for 24 membership and to organize the CNK. He appears to have recruited a number of personalities, ..."
^ Vinko Branica; Tomislav Pašalić; Nikola Slavica (1979). Kronologija Splita: 1941-1945. Institut za Historiju Radničkog Pokreta Dalmacije. p. 230. U Split došao delegat četničke Vrhovne komande potpukovnik Mladen Žujović, zvani Aćimović, koga je Draža Mihailović postavio za komandanta Bosne, Like i Dalmacije.
^ (Plećaš & Dimitrijević 2004, p. 288)
^ (Stanišić 2000, p. 115):"...Младена Жујовића, члана ЦНК, који је од маја 1943. делегат Драже Михаиловића за Далмацију. "
^ (Latas 1979):"... и потпуковник Младен Жујовић, командант свих чeтника у Далмацији, Лици, западној Босни и Херцеговини."
^ (Karchmar 1973, p. 536):"Mihailovic meant his Delegate assigned to Dalmatia in 1943, Mladen Zujovic, to assume complete command over the local Chetniks"
^ (Dedijer 1990, p. 400):"Lieutenant Colonel Acimovic is the alias of the Beograd attorney, Mladen Zujovic. After the fall of Italy and the liberation of a large part of Dalmatia by Partisan units, he fled to Italy in the autumn of 1943. He showed up in Cairo, where he gave a ..."
^ Recueil des travaux du Musée national. Narodni Muzej Čačak. 2011. p. 128. Захваљујући преданом раду Теодоре Жујовић објављена је рукописна заоставштина Младена Ј. Жујовића коју је он са собом однео у изгнанство. Највећи део приређене грађе везан је за Други светски рат."