Ademaga Mešić Explained

Ademaga Mešić
Birth Date:25 March 1868[1]
Birth Place:Tešanj, Bosnia Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Zagreb, FS Croatia, Yugoslavia
Other Names:Adem Agha Mešić
Occupation:merchant, landowner, politician and military officer

Ademaga Mešić or Adem Aga Mešić[2] (25 March 1868 – 1 July 1945)[3] was a Bosnian politician and military officer who served in the Austro-Hungarian Schutzkorps, and later a member of the Ustaše government of the Independent State of Croatia for Bosnian region during World War II.

Ottoman Bosnia

Mešić was married without children, and considered himself a Muslim Croat.[1] [4] [5] He was the publisher of Behar, a Bosnian Muslim political journal published in the period 1900–11.[6]

Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mešić belonged to a Croatian-Muslim bloc installed in 1908 by the government of Austria-Hungary to support its annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7] As a Germanophile, he was a leader of the Muslim supporters of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina who renounced any kind of autonomy, including one based on religion.[8] In 1908, he established the Muslim Progressive Party, which had a pro-Croat orientation.[9] He wrote and published a work titled "Moj odgovor bezimenim klevetnicima".

First World War

At the beginning of World War I he was military commander in the Schutzkorps, an auxiliary volunteer militia established in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Austro-Hungarian authorities.[10] [11] The unit he organized and commanded was also known as "Ademaga's Army" (Croatian: Ademagina vojska).[12] After the war Mešić was a poultry trader in Tešanj.[13]

Second World War

During World War II, he belonged to a narrow circle of Muslims who were supporters of the Independent State of Croatia and was vice-president of its government (Croatian: Doglavnik) with his seat in Banja Luka.[14] At the end of the war he was part of the Independent State of Croatia evacuation to Austria, only to be imprisoned by British forces, who extradited him to the new Yugoslav communist government.[15]

Trial and death

After the war he was tried. In his closing statement he said that he was only a loyal citizen of the Ottoman sultan, Austrian emperor and Yugoslav king Karađorđević in turn, emphasizing his willingness to continue his loyal service, now to the new communist government.[16] Mešić was sentenced to life in prison, where he died in 1945.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Geiger, Vladimir. Partizanska i komunistička represija i zločini u Hrvatskoj 1944-1946: Dokumenti : Zagreb i središnja Hrvatska. 2008. Hrvatski institut za povijest - Podružnica za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i Baranje. 978-953-6659-36-4. 418. MEŠIĆ ADEMAGA. rodj. 25.XII.1869. g. u Tešnju, Hrvat, musliman, oženjen, bez djece, dobrog imovnog stanja, navodno neosudjivan.
  2. Book: Oriente moderno. 12 December 2013. 1942. Istituto per l'oriente.. 42. ...doglavnik Ademaga (Adem Agha) Mesic....
  3. Book: Sančević, Zdravko. Pogled U Bosnu: Zapisi Veleposlanika. 12 December 2013. 1 January 1998. Naprijed. 978-953-178-092-6. 371. Ademaga Mešić (1868.-1945.).
  4. Kisić Kolanović, Nada. Ademaga Mešić i hrvatska nacionalna ideja 1895.–1918. godine // ČSP, Vol. 40, No. 3 (December 2008), pp. 1124:
  5. Kisić Kolanović, Nada. Ademaga Mešić i hrvatska nacionalna ideja 1895.–1918. godine // ČSP, Vol. 40, No. 3 (December 2008), pp. 1128-1229:
  6. Book: Pregled. 12 December 2013. 1933. Nova tiskara Vrček i dr.. 297. Власник му је био Адемага Мешић. .
  7. Book: Đaković, Luka. Političke organizacije bosanskohercegovačkih katolika Hrvata. 12 December 2013. 1985. Globus. 240. 9788634300093 . Dvije značajne ličnosti u tom pogledu bili su dr Nikola Mandić i Ademaga Mešić..
  8. Book: Gaković, Petar N.. Bosna vilajet. 12 December 2013. 1939. Brača Jakšić. 22. Било је међу муслиманима, нешто школованих ефендија, који су били и против борбе за вјерску аутономију, (од тих су... Адемага Мешић који је био вођа).
  9. Book: Allworth, Edward. Edward Allworth. Muslim Communities. 12 December 2013. 1994. Duke University Press. 126. 9780822314479 . In 1908, Ademaga Mesic set up the Muslim Progressive Party which had a Croatian orientation,.
  10. Book: skupština, Yugoslavia. Narodna. Stenografske beleške Narodne skupštine Kraljevine Jugoslavije. 12 December 2013. 1936. 234. Неки од њих су извршили огроман ороЈ насиља и по томе је нознат на злу гласу чувени Адемага Мешић из Тешња, који је одмах у по- четку рата организовао" читав пук шуцкора и кре- нуо с њим на Србију..
  11. Book: Ribar, Ivan. Ivan Ribar. Politički zapisi. 12 December 2013. 1951. Prosveta. 104. ... Adem-aga Mešić, poznat još iz Prvog svjetskog rata kao organizator takozvanog »šuckora«,....
  12. Book: Sančević, Mirko. Od Bosanskih šuma do Venezuele: dogadjaji i ljudi u mojim sjećanjima. 14 December 2013. 1982. Knjižnica Hrvatske revije. 978-84-499-8433-4. 131. Kako aktivni konjanički časnik Dvojne monarhije Mundorfer je bio dodijeljen kao časnik za vezu s dobrovoljačkom Ade- maginom jedinicom, zvanom Ademagina vojska, koju je Ade- maga sastavio od tešanjskih muslimana, o svom je trošku....
  13. Book: Savić, Milivoj M.. Naša industrija, zanati, trgovina i poljoprivreda: njine osnovice, stanje, odnosi, važnost, putevi, prošlost i budućnost. 12 December 2013. 1930. Izd. Ministarstva trgovine i industrije. 334. Извозници су г. г. за живине Адемага Мешић из Тешња,.
  14. Book: Dedijer. Vladimir. Vladimir Dedijer. Miletić. Antun. Antun Miletić. Genocid and Muslimanima, 1941-1945. 12 December 2013. 1990. Svjetlost. 53. 9788601015258 . U uskom krugu Muslimana izrazito privrženih ustaškoj državi, pored Hakije Hadžića, nalazili su se Ademaga Mešić i Osman Kuleno- vić. Prvi je bio Pavelićev doglavnik, a drugi potpredsjednik vlade NDH sa sjedištem u Banjaluci. .
  15. Book: Danas. 12 December 2013. 1986. Vjesnik. 74.
  16. Book: Danas. 12 December 2013. 1986. Vjesnik. 75.
  17. Book: Karihman, Ferid. Hrvatsko-bošnjačke teme. 12 December 2013. 1996. Hrvatska Sveučilišna Naklada. 978-953-169-063-8. 209. Ademaga Mešić (1868-1945.) ... na doživotnu robiju i u tamnici 1945. preminuo, ali je bio jedan od rijetkih visokih dužnosnika NDH, koji nije bio osuđen na smrt, zahvaljujući energičnim intervencijama onih, koje je zaštitio ili im život spasio..

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