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Rešad Bešlagić

Rešad Bešlagić

Bosnian folk singer

Rešad Bešlagić (1909 – 4 April 1945) was a Bosnian folk singer and sevdalinka interpreter.

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Biography

Bešlagić was born in Tuzla,[1] Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly before World War I broke out in nearby Sarajevo in 1914.

He was killed during World War II by fascist Ustaše troops in Sarajevo, aged 36. Despite this, during the time of communist Yugoslavia he was mistakenly put on the list of the Jasenovac concentration camp victims.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Sevdah mi je pomogao da izgradim sebe". E-novine. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Jasenovački popis: Manipulacije s poznatima i slavnima" (in Croatian). 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. [3]
    "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- REŠAD BEŠLAGIĆ". Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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