Jezdimir Dangić [SEP] date of death
Jezdimir Dangić
Jezdimir Dangić (; 4 May 1897 – 22 August 1947) was a Bosnian Serb Chetnik commander during World War II. Born in the town of Bratunac, he was imprisoned during World War I for his membership of the revolutionary movement Young Bosnia. He subsequently completed a law degree and became an officer in the gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the beginning of 1928. In 1940 he was appointed to lead the Court gendarmerie detachment stationed at the Belgrade royal palace. With the Axis invasion
1943, he escaped from the camp and the following year participated in the Warsaw Uprising. In 1945, he was captured by the Red Army and was extradited to Yugoslavia, where he stood accused of committing war crimes. In 1947, he was tried, convicted, sentenced to death and executed by Yugoslavia's new Communist authorities.
Early life and interwar period.
Jezdimir Dangić was born in Bratunac on 4 May 1897. His father Savo was a Serbian Orthodox priest and his mother Milica () was a homemaker.