Grgurevci Explained

Official Name:Grgurevci
Settlement Type:Village (Selo)
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Syrmia
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Srem
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Sremska Mitrovica
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:1,312
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:45.1°N 58°W

Grgurevci is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, Syrmia District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and, according to the census, had a population of 1,312 people as of 2002.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Grgurevci (Гргуревци), in Croatian as Grgurevci, and in Hungarian as Szentgergely. Its name derived from Serbian personal name Grgur. The name of the village in Serbian is plural.

History

During World War II, the fascists executed the entire adult male population of this village. On June 6, 1942 the local Volksdeutche squads encircled the village forbidding any movements of the locals. At noon, all males of Serbian ethnicity were ordered to gather in front of the municipality house. Those who disobeyed were brought by force.

On this occasion local citizen Ranko Mišković-Dunja was severely beaten in retaliation for his two brothers being members of the resistance movement.

The group was taken on foot for a few hours to Orašje brick-clay quarry. A few boys were released for being children. Between 257 and 260 local male Serbs and a few Serb women were executed.

The testimonies mention local Germans who took part in the crime: Franja Nič, officer Reihner, Peter Weiner, Đura Herzeg (the mayor), and Adam Tajbli. Weiner is also remembered for putting a clod of calx in the mouth of Svetislav Crnić after finding him still breathing among the executed bodies. After that he shot him with three hits and hit the body with his foot.[1]

Historical population

Family names of the villagers

Some of the prominent families in the village include: Ćorić, Ćurčić, Grabovački, Ivković, Jovešković, Lalović, Lođinović, Ostojić, Paunović, Pavlović, Perić, Petković, Popadić, Radosavljević, Ranitović, Ristić, Sanadrović, Simić, Stanković, Tejić, Udilović, Vidaković, Vasilić, Vesić, Vesković, Vozarević, Vuković, Zarin, etc.

See also

References

External links

45.1°N 58°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Folksdojčeri u Grgurevcima 1942: "Svakom srpskom psu koji pokuša da pobegne biće prosut mozak".