Yugoslav National Movement
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The Yugoslav National Movement (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslavenski narodni pokret, Serbian Cyrillic: Југословенски народни покрет), also known as the United Militant Labour Organization (Združena borbena organizacija rada / Здружена борбена организација рада, or Zbor / Збор[17]), was a Yugoslav fascist movement and organization led by politician Dimitrije Ljotić.[18][19][20][21] Founded in 1935, it received considerable German financial and political assistance during the interwar period and participated in the 1935 and 1938 Yugoslav parliamentary elections, in which it never received more than 1 percent of the popular vote.
Yugoslav People's Movement Југословенски народни покрет Jugoslovenski narodni pokret | |
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President | Dimitrije Ljotić |
Vice president | Juraj Korenić |
Founded | 6 January 1935; 89 years ago (6 January 1935) |
Dissolved | 1945; 79 years ago (1945) |
Merger of | Various radical groups[n 1] |
Headquarters | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Newspaper | Fatherland[3] |
Student wing | White Eagles (from 1940) |
Paramilitary wing | Serbian Volunteer Corps[4] |
Membership | Fewer than 6,000 (1939 est.)[5] |
Ideology | Yugoslav fascism[n 2] |
Political position | Far-right |
Religion | Serbian Orthodox Christianity |
Colours | Green Yellow White |
Anthem | "Vojska Smene" |
Party flag | |
Following the Axis invasion and occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the Germans selected several Zbor members to join the Serbian puppet government of Milan Nedić. The Serbian Volunteer Corps (SDK) was established as Zbor's party army. Ljotić had no control over the SDK, which was commanded by Colonel Kosta Mušicki. In late 1944, Ljotić and his followers retreated to Slovenia with the Germans and other collaborationist formations. In March, Ljotić and Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović agreed on a last-ditch alliance against the Yugoslav Partisans. Ljotić's followers were placed under the command of Chetnik commander Miodrag Damjanović. Ljotić was killed in an automobile accident in late April 1945. His followers later fled to Italy alongside the Chetniks. The Western Allies extradited many back to Yugoslavia following the war, where they were summarily executed and buried in mass graves. Those who were not extradited immigrated to western countries and established émigré organizations intended to promote Zbor's political agenda.