Valter Perić

Vladimir "Valter" Perić (born 1919 in Prijepolje - died April 6 1945 in Sarajevo) was the resistance leader in Sarajevo during Second World War.

Valter was born in Prijepolje (present-day Serbia) in 1919. After completing his economics degree, he began to work in a Sarajevo bank in 1940. During this time, he joined the Communist Party Committee for the city of Sarajevo. During the war, he stayed in Sarajevo until 1942, when he escaped to the liberated territories controlled by Partisans. He subsequently became a deputy commander of the Zenica Partisan detachment. Later on, he became the commander of a battalion in the 6th Eastern Bosnian brigade. In 1943 he was ordered to return to Sarajevo and to take command of an underground partisan group which was tasked to drive out any Axis powers from the city.

Valter was killed by a mortar grenade in the fighting on the day of Sarajevo's liberation, April 6 1945. He has since become something of a city icon, having the film "Valter brani Sarajevo" (Walter defends Sarajevo) named after him.

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*People still remember famous quote from the movie "Valter brani Sarajevo", when the Germans tried to find Valter in Sarajevo, one general on the hill upon the city tells them: "Sehen Sie diese Stadt? Das ist Walter" ("Do you see this city? It is Valter").

*In China, Valter's name is printed on the beer sticker, with the photo of the actor in the movie, Bata Živojinović. [http://tesla.rcub.bg.ac.yu/%7Ebruce/img/wacky/valter.jpg] Fact|date=July 2007

*Elementary school in Prijepolje is named after Valter.

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See also

*Serbs of Sarajevo

External links

* [http://www.ddh.nl/org/poo/uk/introduc/miljacka.htm#valter An article on Valter Peric]
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