Lazar Bačić
Lazar Bačić | |
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Born | |
Died | 12 May 1941 | (aged 76)
Resting place | Mirogoj Cemetery |
Citizenship |
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Occupation | merchant |
Political party | Serb Independent Party |
Lazar Bačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Бачић; January 1865 – 12 May 1941) was a Serbian merchant and philanthropist.Ustashe used his property and industrial facilities to open the Jasenovac concentration camp III (Ciglana camp).He was a prominent benefactor of Privrednik[1]
Biography[]
Bačić was engaged in trade and owned several stores in Zagreb and Jasenovac, as well as a brickyard.[2][3]
He was one of the founders of the Serbian Bank in Zagreb, a longtime president of the Serbian Orthodox Church Administration in Jasenovac, a member of the Board of Directors of the Pakrac Savings Bank in Pakrac and the Serbian co-operation for promotion and savings in Okučani, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Serbian Credit Cooperative in Kostajnica and the Serbian Savings Bank as a cooperative in Nova Gradiska.[4]
High treason accusation[]
As a member of the Central Committee of the Serbian Independent Party, in 1909 Bačić was one of 53 Serbs accused by the Austro-Hungarian monarchy of high treason – conspiracy to overthrow the state and place Croatia-Slavonia under Serbian rule. He spent 16 months in a prison. After that he was tagged as a suspicious person, especially during the World War I.
Privrednik[]
Bačić was a member of the Privrednik's Patronage at the time of his establishment in 1911 and one of its greatest philanthropists.[5] Each year, on the Lazarus Saturday, he donated ten thousand Yugoslav dinars to Privrednik. In addition to his regular cash payments, in 1921, he handed over a luxurious two-storey building with a shop at the corner of the Gaj Street and the Berislavić Street in the center of Zagreb, as well as hundred thousand dinars.[6]
Death[]
Bačić died in his apartment in Zagreb on 12 May 1941 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery on 14 May.[7][8]
His property in Jasenovac was confiscated by Ustashe Militia and used its industrial facilities to open the Jasenovac concentration camp III (Ciglana camp), which existed there until 23 April 1945.[9][10]
Sedlar controversy[]
Croatian filmmaker Jakov Sedlar in his 2016 documentary film Jasenovac: The Truth accused Bačić for the pre-war murders of Croats in Jasenovac and stated that he and his son Ozren had fled to Serbia where they supported the Milan Nedić's Government.[7] Ljubica Bačić, a daughter of Ozren Bačić, rejected this accusations and confirmed that Ozren was his nephew and that he died in Zagreb.[11]
Personal life[]
He had a brother, Jovan, who was a merchant also. He married Dragica Miković, with whom he had no children.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Познати добротвори".
- ^ "Ubili su ga ciglama". p-portal.net (in Croatian). 30 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Krestić, Petar V. (2002). Srpsko privredno društvo "Privrednik" (1897-1918). Belgrade: Istorijski institut i Službeni glasnik.
- ^ Rumenjak, Natalija (1999). "Čelni ljudi u novčanim zavodima Banske Hrvatske 1900. godine". Povijesni Prilozi. Zagreb. 18 (18): 161–239. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ name="dobrotvori">cite web|title=Privrednikovi dobrotvori|url=http://privrednik.hr/dobrotvori.php%7Cwebsite=privrednik.hr%7Caccessdate=26 April 2018|language=hr
- ^ name="dobrotvori"
- ^ a b "Sve laži Jakova Sedlara". portalnovosti.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ cite web |title=MILORADU PUPOVCU UMRIJETI U ZAGREBU ZNAČI UMRIJETI U JASENOVCU |url=http://croatiarediviva.com/2017/05/15/miloradu-pupovcu-umrijeti-zagrebu-znaci-umrijeti-jasenovcu/ |website=croatiarediviva.com |accessdate=15 March 2019
- ^ name="pportal"
- ^ name="dobrotvori"
- ^ "Kaznena prijava protiv Jakova Sedlara zbog filma o Jasenovcu". autograf.hr. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- 1865 births
- 1941 deaths
- Austro-Hungarian Serbs
- Austrian merchants
- Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
- Cooperative organizers
- Serbian merchants
- Serbian philanthropists
- Serbs of Croatia