16 year old Serbian partisan Slavoljub “Slava” Ković photographed by the SS before his execution


16 year old Serbian partisan Slavoljub “Slava” Ković photographed by the SS before his execution

16 year old Serbian partisan Slavoljub “Slava” Ković photographed by the SS before his execution



Due to his defiance for not telling the names of his comrades, Slavoljub was tortured and had a star carved with a knife on his forehead (representing the communist ideology), January, 1942


"Slavoljub Ković, was born on 21. august of 1924. in Bogatic, Serbia. Coming from a poor family, he had a tough childhood. When he was 3 years old his father died. Because of denutrition he went to school with 2 years late. After his elementary school, he went to tailoring school, but never finished it because World War II broke. He joined partisans in December of 1941. at the age of 17. Few months later he was captured by the Nazis in Serbia.

They took him to the concentration camp near Sabac and tortured him in order to get details about resistance movement.

While they were torturing him, he yelled: "Beat me, kill me, victory is ours".

On the night before Christmas in 1942, Nazis carved red star on his forehead with a knife and then they took this photo.

Three years later, he was executed with the rest of the prisoners."

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