Fadil "Spanac" Jahic ( Bosnian Fadil "Španac" Jahić ; November 24, 1910 , Bielina - February 20, 1942 , Vukosavtsi) - Yugoslav Bosnian partisan, participant in the Civil War in Spain and the People's Liberation War of Yugoslavia. People's hero of Yugoslavia (posthumous).
| Fadil Yahich | |
|---|---|
| Bosnian Fadil jahić | |
| Nickname | Spaniard ( Bosn. Španac ) |
| Date of Birth | November 24, 1910 |
| Place of Birth | Bielina , Bosnia and Herzegovina Condominium , Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death | February 20, 1942 (31 years old) |
| Place of death | Vukosavtsi , Independent State of Croatia |
| Affiliation |  Second Spanish Republic Yugoslavia |
| Type of army |  Spanish Republican Army : infantry (machine gunners)  People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia and Yugoslav People's Army : Ground Forces (sabotage units) |
| Years of service | 1937-1938, 1941-1942 |
| Rank | captain |
| Part | Dzhakovichevsky battalion Maevitsky partisan detachment |
| Battles / wars | Spanish Civil War , Yugoslav People's Liberation War |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Biography
Before the war
Born November 24, 1910 in Bielina in a family of workers. After graduating from elementary school, went in search of work, learned to join a carpenter. At an early age he joined the labor movement, participating in strikes several times. In 1933 he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
In March 1937, Jahic arrived in Spain to assist the Republicans in the Civil War. He joined the battalion named after Dzhuro Dzhakovich , served in a machine gun detachment. He rose to the rank of captain, after the war they were interned in France in the concentration camp "Vernet" together with Peko Dapchevich . He fled from there in the spring of 1941, upon returning to the country, he took the post of secretary of the Bielinsky district party committee.
War
After the April war and the occupation of the country, Fadil went underground, leading a detachment of Bielin anti-fascists: he massively purchased weapons and organized battle groups. After the meeting of the Bosnian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of Ukraine on July 13, 1941 , at which a decision was made to start hostilities in connection with the uprising in Montenegro , Fadil began to lead the first operations of the partisans: a break in the telegraph and telephone lines Bielina-Brcko and Bielina-Zvornik, clashes with the gendarmes in Trnjaci , Gorne Crnelovo and Dragalevac, explosions of bridges on the Sava river and so on. In August, Yakhich became a member of the Mayevitsky partisan detachment and was appointed his political instructor. Repeatedly, he showed his fighting qualities as a veteran of the Civil War in Spain.
On February 20, 1942 , his detachment in the village of Vukosavtsi near Mayevitsa was attacked by Serbian Chetniks led by Captain Stevan Leko Damjanovic and Radivoye Kerovic . A non-aggression pact was concluded with Damianovic’s detachment, but the Serbian monarchists violated this pact by ambush against the partisan communists. In the battle, detachment commander Ivan Markovich and about 30 others were killed, including Fadil Yakhich.
Jakhich was buried at the Partisan cemetery in Vukosavtsy near Lopara. March 13, 1945 posthumously awarded the title of People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
Family
The whole family of Fadil Jahic participated in the People’s Liberation War of Yugoslavia, out of 12 people survived 6. The brothers Izo and Niyaz were in the partisan movement, and Niyaz was arrested during the war. Fadil's parents were thrown into a concentration camp.
Mineta Jahic ( Serb. Mineta ћahiћ , 1925-1944) - the younger sister of Fadil, worked as a dressmaker for Jewess Flora Levy from Bijelina. After the occupation of the war, Flora was thrown into a concentration camp and killed there. Mineta, as a member of the Union of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia , joined the partisan movement and worked illegally until 1942. In February, she was thrown into jail with Niyaz after the failure of a partisan cell; she spent 4 months in Bijelin. After the liberation, she continued underground activities, in September 1943 she left for the liberated territory. Due to the disgusting conditions in the prison, she fell ill with pneumonia and was treated for a long time, began to work as a nurse in the hospital at the 16th Muslim brigade . In 1944, during the defense, Majewitz was captured and was killed.
Khayriya Aliyagich ( Serb. Haјriјa Aliјagiћ ) is the wife of Fadil, the sister of the revolutionary Aliya Aliyagich, a native of Bijelina. She worked as a nurse, joined the revolutionary labor movement under the influence of her brother. She took a typewriter from the Bielina Hospital, with which she printed leaflets for the Communists. She married Fadil before his business trip to Spain, in 1937. During the war in Spain, she worked as a party activist in Belgrade and Zagreb, from the beginning of 1941 she stayed in Bijelin. After the occupation, she joined the partisan movement, for security reasons she left the city. During one of the battles, Khairiya was captured, and Fadil managed to escape. She was tortured for a long time in the Bielina prison, and soon she was thrown into the Jasenovac concentration camp, where they killed her. After the war, one of the kindergartens received the name of Khairiya Aliyagich.
Literature
- Folk Heroes of Ugoslavia . Mladost, Beograd 1975. Godina.