We made a new discovery, with the help of the Association of War Veterans Descendants from the Braničevo region: we found the family of Mihajlo Avramović from Carevac. For the full story click here (link).
A new discovery has been added : the story of the soldiers from Brdarica: Stanko Lazarević & Stevan Vasić. For the full story, click here (link).
On the 19th March we visited Azanja, a village in the Podunavlje district approximately 80 kilometres South-East of Serbia’s capital Belgrade. Milovan Milojević was born in 1889 in Azanja and died 21th January 1919 in Garderen, the Netherlands. Thanks to Žarko Talijan and Damir Živković and a family member of Milovan Milojević Read more…
On 11 November (Armistice day of WWI) we visited Resnik to meet the family of Miloš Jeremić who died in Nijmegen on 18 January 1919. After 96 years the decedents of Miloš finally know when he died and where he found his last resting place. We are grateful to them Read more…
Today an article appeared in Belgrade insight, a free two-weekly newspaper in English in Belgrade, Serbia. You can also read the article on the website of BIRN (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network), link: Balkan Insight Many thanks to BIRN to draw attention to our research! If you have any information which Read more…
We have created a map in Google Maps with the places where the soldiers were from, but also other important locations (such as the monument in Garderen, or the mausoleum in Jindřichovice). Please click here for more information and link.
After a visit to the National Museum of Valjevo (website) we received two pictures from the museum director for our website. It is the headquarter of the 5th Infantry regiment which was based in Valjevo. Two of our soldiers served in this regiment: Vladimir Mitrović and Radovan Nikolić (from Todorin Do-Kolubara district). Both died Read more…
On 20/04/2015 a presentation was given at the university of Belgrade at the Dutch language section (site). A pdf file is available via the following link (the file is hosted on Google Drive): presentation_secanje_2015-ENGLISH.pdf
Here you will find pictures from the remembrance service which was held on the 11 the November 2014, Armistice Day, on the New Cemetery (Novo Groblje) in Belgrade, Serbia. First there was a remembrance service for the soldiers from the Commonwealth, second for the Serbian Soldiers, then for the Russian Read more…
On the 6th August flowers were laid and candles were burned at the monument of Miloš Gavrović in Miločaj. Dutch/Serbian people honoured together this Serbian hero who died in Usselo, the Netherlands, just after WWI because of Spanish flu. More information about Miloš can be found on the page dedicated Read more…