Velibor Jonic
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Velibor Jonić was a Serbian fascist politician and government minister in World War II Serbia
.
Jonić was by profession a professor and worked at the University of Belgrade
. From the formation of the fascist ZBOR
in 1935, Jonić acted as its secretary general.
With the establishment of Nedić's Serbia
during the Second World War, Jonić served as Serbian Minister of Culture. With the fall of the regime at the hands of the Yugoslav Partisans, Jonić was tried as part of the post-war Belgrade Process. He was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad.
Nedic's Serbia
Serbia under German occupation refers to an administrative area in occupied Yugoslavia established by Nazi Germany following the invasion and dismantling of Yugoslavia in April of 1941...
.
Jonić was by profession a professor and worked at the University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
. From the formation of the fascist ZBOR
ZBOR
Yugoslav National Movement "Zbor" , commonly known simply as ZBOR, was a Yugoslav fascist and conservative nationalist movement formed in 1935 by Dimitrije Ljotić. ZBOR's ideology was a blend of Italian Fascism, Nazism, and Serbian Orthodox Christian fundamentalism...
in 1935, Jonić acted as its secretary general.
With the establishment of Nedić's Serbia
Nedic's Serbia
Serbia under German occupation refers to an administrative area in occupied Yugoslavia established by Nazi Germany following the invasion and dismantling of Yugoslavia in April of 1941...
during the Second World War, Jonić served as Serbian Minister of Culture. With the fall of the regime at the hands of the Yugoslav Partisans, Jonić was tried as part of the post-war Belgrade Process. He was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad.