Dragiša Vasić
Serbian writer, jurist, journalist, and political intellectual; a liberal and nationalist who later adopted republican views, active from the pre-World War I period to World War II (1885-1945) · Writers · Died at 59
Dragomir "Dragiša" Vasić was a Serbian lawyer, writer and publicist who became one of the chief Chetnik ideologues during World War II. He finished law school in Belgrade and fought with the Serbian Army during the Balkan Wars and World War I.
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A column of Serbian soldiers retreating through the Albanian mountains, c. 1915. Vasić was involved in the Serbian Army's retreat through the country during World War I.
Vasić (second from right) speaking with Draža Mihailović and other Chetniks.
Chetnik commander Pavle Đurišić. In 1945, Vasić joined up with Đurišić and his Chetniks in an attempt to reach Slovenia and evade the communists.About this person
During the interwar period, he worked as a lawyer and represented a number of communist defendants. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and became a correspondent at the Academy of Fine Arts on 12 February 1934. In 1936, he joined the Serbian Cultural Club and later became its vice-president. He is reported to have developed connections with Soviet intelligence services during this time.
