Friday, July 16, 2010

The Accused and their Defenders at the Trial of General Draza Mihailovich

General Mihailovich on trial in Belgrade, 1946


The location of the trial of General Draza Mihailovich and others between June 10th and July 15th, 1946 before the Military Council of the Supreme Court of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was in the Summer Hall of the Infantry Training School at Topcider in Belgrade, Serbia.


THE ACCUSED:

The following "accused" are listed in the order in which their names were read out loud at the trial in Belgrade, June/July 1946. There are 24 of them.



Draža Mihailović

Stevan Moljević

Mladen Žujović, political leader of the Četnik movement.

Živko Topalović, political leader of the Četnik movement.

Đuro Vilović

Rade Radić

Slavoljub Vranješević

Miloš Glišić

Slobodan Jovanović, PM of the government in exile

Božidar Purić, PM of the government in exile

Momčilo Ninčić, minister of the government in exile

Petar Živković, minister of the government in exile

Radoje Knežević, minister of the government in exile

Milan Gavrilović, minister of the government in exile

Živan Knežević, director of the military chancellery of the presidium of the government in exile

Konstantin Fotić, ambassador of the government in exile to the USA

Dragomir "Dragi" Jovanović

Tasa Dinić

Velibor Jonić

Đura Dokić

Kosta Mušicki

Boško Pavlović

Laza Marković

Kosta Kumanudi


The ten individuals listed above who were tried "in absentia" were:

Slobodan Jovanović, PM of the government in exile

Božidar Purić, PM of the government in exile

Petar Živković, minister of the government in exile

Momcilo Ninčić, minister of the government in exile

Milan Gavrilović, ministers of the government in exile

Radoje Knežević, minister of the government in exile

Konstantin Fotić, ambassador of the government in exile to the USA

Major Živan Knežević, director of the military chancellery of the presidium of the government in exile

Živko Topalović, political leader of the Četnik movement.

Mladen Žujović, political leader of the Četnik movement.


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The following individuals chose the counsel that represented them:

Draža Mihailović, by the barristers Nikola Đonović and Dragić Joksimović;

Djuro Vilović, by Milan Omčikus, barrister;

Dragoljub "Dragi" Jovanović, by Slavko Dukanac, barrister;

Tanasije Dinić, by Bogoljub Jovanović, barrister;

Velibor Jonić, by Milan Živadinović, barrister;

Djuro Dokić, by Dragoljub Joksimović, barrister;

Lazar Marković, by Aleksandar Nikolić, barrister;

Kosta Kumanudi, by Friedrich Pops, barrister


The following individuals were represented by counsel chosen by the Belgrade court: 

Radoslav Radić, by Lazar Vučetić, barrister;

Slavoljub Vranjesević and Miloš Glišić, by Blažo Radović, barrister;

Kosta Mušički, by Đorđe Ćirić, barrister;

Boško Pavlović, Radoje Knežević, and Milan Gavrilović by Slobodan Subotić, barrister;

Mladen Žujović, Živko Topalović, by Nikola Radovanović, barrister,

Slobodan Jovanović, by Miloš Terzić, barrister;

Bozidar Purić and Petar Živković, by Pavle Miljaković, barrister;

Momcilo Ninčić, by David Alkalaj, barrister,

Živan Knežević and Konstantin Fotić, by Dragutin Tasić, barrister.


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The following press agencies sent representatives to cover the trial in Belgrade of General Mihailovich and the rest: 

TASS, ČTK, PAP, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, United Press, Overseas News Agency, International News Service, the Jewish News Agency, Tele Press, the Albanian Telegraph Agency, Pravda, Izvestia, The Times, the Daily Worker, The New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, the News Chronicle, the Daily Express and others.


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If you would like to get in touch with me, Aleksandra, please feel free to contact me at ravnagora@hotmail.com


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