Miloš Vojnović Lautner
Captain Miloš Vojnović Lautner | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Henrik Lautner |
| Born | 1916. Maribor |
| Died | 23 September 1943 Seča Reka, Nazi Germany Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia |
| Serbian Volunteer Corps (World War II) | |
| Years of service | 1941-1943 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held | 10th Detachment Fourth Battalion |
Miloš Vojnović Lautner (1916 – 23 September 1943), born as Henrik Lautner, was a captain and commander of Fouth Battalion of Serbian Volunteer Corps (World War II).
Personal life
Miloš Vojnović Lautner was born as Henrik Lautner in Maribor to German father and Slovene mother. Almost nothing is known about his early life. Lautner came in 1938. from Maribor to Zlatibor region to found flying association. In 1941, after the war began, he married a daughter of president of municipality of Užice, converted to Eastern Orthodoxy and took the name Miloš Vojnović. He was allegedly converted by Nikolaj Velimirović.[1]
World War II
After the war started, Lautner joined Yugoslav National Movement and to Serbian Volunteer Corps (World War II), where he gained title of a captain. Lautner was assigned to command 10th Detachment, when it was formed on 29th of October 1939. in Kragujevac.[2] The Germans considered him good commander despite his lack of military education. In 1942. organised an welcome of several thousand Serbs across the river Drina, who were escaping the Ustaše. After reorganisation of SDK in January of 1943, Lautner was appointed commander of Fourth Battalion, which was stationed in Užice[1], where Germans and Ljotić's men together organised a kangaroo court.[3]
In December of 1941, Lautner's 10th Detachment in two instances shot 32 Yugoslav partisans and their sympathisers. Eyewitnesses of second shooting note than unit used dumdum bullets for executions and that one German non-commissioned officer did the shooting alongside them.[4] In March of 1943, Fourth Battalion was involved in arrests of citizens in Požarevac district, which were later shot by Germans. Later in June, they arrested 20 people, half were partisan sympathisers and half were Chetnik collaborators, which were executed by Germans.[5] In the summer of 1943, they helped Germans in their punitive campaigns, which ended in 500 peasants being arrested and interned to Banjica concentration camp.
Death
There was conflict between Lautner and Chetniks, because reprisals often included Chetnik associates. As payback, Draža Mihajlović ordered for wheat to be burn wheat fields, as that wasn't punishable by death, and justified by saying that it would be sent to Nazi Germany. Local SDK members were ordered to guard the fields, including Lautner. On 23 September, Lautner was on duty in Seča Reka, when Chetniks attacked the village. Lautner died in the fighting.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lojanica, Vladimir (May 29, 2016). "KRVAVE RUKE UŽIČKOG ZETA Otkrivena istina o životu Henrika Lautnera". Blic. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ↑ (Стамболија 2019, p. 45)
- ↑ Lojanica, Vladimir (January 21, 2019). "SRAMAN TEKST U "POLITIKINOM ZABAVNIKU" Pravdali saradnike Hitlera u Srbiji, Jevrejska opština: "Nacisti su finansirali Ljotića kao i ANTU PAVELIĆA"". Blic. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ↑ (Radanović 2016, p. 300)
- ↑ (Radanović 2016, p. 305–306)
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