Vladimir Velmar-Janković

Vladimir Velmar-Janković

Vladimir Velmar-Janković (born in Čaglić near Lipik, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary on August 10, 1895 - died in Barcelona, Spain on August 12, 1976) was a Serbian writer and member of Serbia's World War II Axis government.

He finished elementary school in Varaždin, attended the Serb Tekelijanum in Buda and finished university in Zagreb.

During the Second World War, Velmar-Janković served as assistant to the Serbian minister of culture and religion Velibor Jonić. The ministry was responsible for racist teachings in Serbian schools during the war years.

He left the country on September 17, 1944 when the Serbian administration was defeated, and subsequently moved to Rome, Italy for the following two years. He was considered by the communist Yugoslav government to be an enemy of the state. After two years in Rome he moved to Barcelona. There he wrote under the pen name of "V.J.Wukmir". He lived in Barcelona until his death from a car accident in 1976. Since the dissolution of communist Yugoslavia, Velmar-Janković's works have become more widely available in Serbia. [ [http://www.glas-javnosti.co.yu/clanak/glas-javnosti-07-08-2007/pogled-s-kalemegdana View from Kalemegdan] , Glas javnosti]

His daughter is Serbian writer Svetlana Velmar-Janković. [ [http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2001/03/09/srpski/K01030805.shtml I recognized only Serbia] , Glas javnosti] She has lobbied to name a street in Belgrade after her father, in honour of his written work about the city "Pogled s Kalemegdana". [http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2002/04/16/srpski/T02041502.shtml Svetlana Velmar-Janković] , Glas javnosti] This has been opposed by some writers due to Velmar-Janković's role as a collaborator with the occupying Axis forces during the Second World War. She has attempted to have her father officially rehabilitated by the Serbian government. [ [http://www.blic.co.yu/stara_arhiva/arhiva/2005-11-28/strane/tema.htm My father was not an enemy of the nation] , Blic]

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* [http://www.dereta.co.yu/pisac.jsp?id=1706 Vladimir Velmar-Janković]
* [http://www.danas.co.yu/20060621/kultura1.html In memory of the founder of the Centre for Psychology] , Danas


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