Ferid Džanić

Ferid Džanić
Ferid Džanić
Born	1918; Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 September 1943; Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France
Rank	Lieutenant, duty officer

Ferid Džanić (1918 – 17 September 1943) was a

unsuccessful anti-German mutiny in Villefranche-de-Rouergue

, in which he was killed.

Early life

Džanić was born to a

Bosniak family in the Bosnian city of Bihać in 1918, around the time World War I

came to an end.

Army history

Džanić served as an officer cadet in the

Fourth Enemy Offensive and incarcerated in a prison camp outside Sarajevo. He was only released when he agreed to volunteer to become a soldier in the German-aligned Handžar division, where he became a lieutenant and later a battalion duty officer

.

Death

In July 1943, Džanic began forming an anti-German "rebel cell" within the Handžar division while they were stationed in Germany.^[3] During their stint in Germany, Džanić first met Božo Jelenek, who would become a fellow ringleader in the "rebel cell". The division was transferred to southern France in August 1943 where a third ringleader, teenager Nikola Vukelić, joined the group. SS Mountain Pioneer Battalion 13, the unit of the Handžar's that the rebel ringleaders were a part of was stationed the French commune Villefranche-de-Rouergue.^[4]

The

Villefranche-de-Rouergue uprising, that began just after midnight on 17 September 1943, ended with five German soldiers and multiple Handžars being killed. Around 800 surviving Handžars were sent to the Dachau concentration camp

following the battle. Among the dead was 25-year-old Džanić.

References

ISBN 9780752463933
. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

ISBN 9780752477589
. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

ISBN 9780199327850
. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

^ "Tko je oslobodio prvi grad u Zapadnoj Europi od Nijemaca". Dnevnik. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

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[1] ISBN 9780752463933
. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[2] ISBN 9780752477589
. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[3] ISBN 9780199327850
. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[4] "Tko je oslobodio prvi grad u Zapadnoj Europi od Nijemaca". Dnevnik. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

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