Dakich, Bozhidar

Born on January 3, 1909 in the village of Klipino-Brdo near Voynich . Originally from a poor rural family. In childhood, he lived with his mother, he began to work in the field early. He managed to finish only three classes of high school, after which at the age of 14 he went to work in a bakery in Voinich . Later he worked in bakeries in the cities of Krnyak , Slunj and Karlovac . At the age of 18 he joined the Association of Workers Syndicates of Yugoslavia, because he could not stand the working conditions in a bakery and were ready to demand something. He assisted the tanners and bakers of Karlovac, worked for a long time in Dugoi-Resi and even went on strike there. Soon he was drafted into the Yugoslav royal army, where Bozhidar served his due time and even involved soldiers working in the field kitchen in his activities.

After returning from the army, Dakich continued his revolutionary activities in the city, organizing permanent strikes. In 1934 he was admitted to the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia . Police, by order of the authorities, suppressed all possible communist protests and even arrested Bozhidar: the court sentenced him to 30 days of arrest and life-long expulsion from the city. The exiled Bozidar went to his native village, where he was again arrested and put under arrest in Vukmanitsa for 60 days. After his release, Bozhidar returned to Karlovac and organized strikes there for railway workers (the road to Voynich was blocked), tanners (it lasted five days), but was again expelled from the city. In Zagreb, such attempts were unsuccessful, and he had to get a job as a bricklayer. In 1936, he left the city and went on a journey through the cities of Yugoslavia in search of work, but he was not accepted in Vinkovtsi , nor in Sarajevo , nor in Belgrade .

In July 1936, when the Spanish Civil War broke out, Bozhidar was drafted into the ranks of the International Brigades and went to Spain to help the Republicans. However, the Republic was defeated, and Dakic was sent to a concentration camp in France and then transported to Germany. At the beginning of 1941, he managed to escape from there, but Dakic arrived no longer in his native Kingdom of Yugoslavia, but in a fragmented country occupied by Germans and Italians. Arriving illegally in Zagreb, he immediately began to prepare an armed uprising in the country. Dakic was appointed secretary of the Zagreb City Party Committee and instructed him to conduct acts of sabotage in the city. On November 9, 1941, during the assignment, Bozhidar fell into the hands of the Ustashi. When arrested, he resisted: Dakich managed to grab a revolver and shoot several times. As a result of the fight, one ustash was killed, two were injured. Bozidar tried to escape, but they twisted him. Under torture, he refused to extradite any of his associates and even give his name. Having not achieved anything, the Ustashi killed Dakich one of November days.

On April 27, 1946, Bozidar Dakic was posthumously awarded the title of People's Hero of Yugoslavia by a decree of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly of Yugoslavia.

• Folk Heroes of Ugoslavia. "Mladost", Beograd 1975. Godina.