Enver Redžić(Serbian Cyrillic:Енвер Реџић;4 May 1915 – 4 November 2009) was a Bosnian historian, cultural observer, professor, and founder of the publishing companySvjetlost.DuringWorld War II,he was a member of anti-fascist groupsZAVNOBiHandAVNOJ.
Enver Redžić Енвер Реџић | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 May 1915 Sanski Most,Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 4 November 2009(aged 94) Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo |
Early life and education
editRedžić was born toBosnian Muslimparents in the village Stari Majdan by theBosniancitySanski MostduringWorld War I.In circumstances of post-World War II Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it was impossible for one to choose its ethno-national label as a Muslim or Bosniak, he was just one of many Bosnian Muslims who could choose and declared themselves only between Yugoslav, Croat or in his case aSerb.[1]He attended elementary and secondary school inBihać.He studiedYugoslavliterature and history at the Philosophical Faculty inSarajevoand graduated in 1940.
World War II
editWhenWorld War IIbroke outin Yugoslaviain 1941, Redžić was in his 20s.[2]He actively participated in NOB from 1941–45 and was also a councilor on theState Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovinaand theAnti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia.He was secretary and vice president of the District People's Liberation Committee over from 1944 to 1945 in Bihać.
Later life
editRedžić worked as an assistant professor in social science at the Philosophy Faculty in Sarajevo University in the 1950s. He was director of his publishing companySvjetlostfrom 1952 to 1959, and also director of the Institute for the History of the labor movement between 1960 and 1971. He retired in 1972, after which he was elected to theAcademy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina,first by correspondence in 1978, and then as a full member from 1984.
Enver Redžić received many awards for his social, cultural and scientific research. The holder of the Partisan Memorial (Partizanske Spomenice) in 1941, the Medal for Bravery, the Order of Brotherhood and Unity (II Order), the Order of Merit for the People (II Order), the Order of the Red Flag, the Order of the Republic with golden wreath. His publishing companySvjetlostalso won awards in the 1980s.
Redžić was a contributor for theRadio Television of Belgradedocumentary series entitledYugoslavia in War 1941-1945.
His two sons, Fadil andZoran Redžićwere prominent rock musicians, playingbass guitarin two of the best known Bosnian rock bands,IndeksiandBijelo Dugme,respectively.
He died in November 2009 at the age of 94.[3]
Bibliography
edit- Prilozi o nacionalnom pitanju(1963)
- Tokovi i otpori(1970)
- Austromarksizam i jugoslovensko pitanje(1977)
- Jugoslovenska misao i socijalizam(1982)
- Jugoslavenski radnički pokret i nacionalno pitanje u Bosni i Hercegovini (1918–1941)(1983)
- Muslimansko autonomaštvo i 13. SS divizija – autonomija BiH i Hitlerov Treći Rajh'(1987)
- Istorijski pogledi na vjerske i nacionalne odnose u BiH(1993)
- Bosna i Hercegovina u Drugom svjetskom ratu(1998)
- Sto godina muslimanske politike(2000)
- Pogledi iz antiistorije(2001)
- Akademici i istoričari: Anto Babić(2001)
- Pola stoljeća ANUBiH(2004)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Second World War(2005)
References
edit- ^Banac 1992,p. 75: "Hrvata gotovo i nema. Među rijetkima su Hasan Brkić, Edhem Čamo i Sulejman Filipović. Među velikim brojem Srba nalaze se Nedim Filipović, Avdo Humo, Muhamed Kešetović, Hakija Pozderac, Enver Redžić i Meša Selimović. Jugoslaveni su Džemal Bijedić, Edib Hasanagić, Osman Karabegović i Pašaga Mandžić.".
- ^"Bosnia's Great Wars".Transitions Online. 25 July 2014.Retrieved25 March2016.
- ^"OBAVIJEST O SMRTI AKADEMIKA EVERA REDŽIĆA".Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine. 4 November 2009.Retrieved25 March2016.
Sources
edit- Banac, Ivo(1992).Protiv straha: članci, izjave i javni nastupi[Against fear: articles, statements and public appearances] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Slon.