Partisan Child Soldier: Bosko Buha

„Children of War in Europe“ Berlin Seminar 6 – 12 August 2015 Partisan Child Soldier: Bosko Buha By Andjela Bolta This is the story of one of the best-­‐known Partisan soldiers in former Yugoslavia. His name is Bosko Buha. Bosko Buha was born in 1926 in Gradini village. He was a child of a poor peasant family. He grew up in the country side and he worked on a farm. After the occupation of Yugoslavia by the Tripartite Pact [Link to Wikipedia], his region was threatened by Ustasha soldiers every day. His family decided to move to Machva (Serbia). There, he joined the local Partisans. At that time he was 15. He became one of the most famous Partisan fighters and the battle where he stood out the most was the battle for liberating Uzice, a city in Serbia. He died near Jabukovo on September 28th, 1943 in combat with members of the other Yugoslavian resistance movement, the Chetniks. He was honored as a national hero of Yugoslavia on December 20th, 1952. A theatre house in Belgrade is named after him. In 1979, the Croatian director Branko Bauer made a film about his life. Also, there are many streets in Serbian cities that were named after him. There is also a Bosko Buha memorial complex in Prijepolje.1 Funeral of Bosko Buha in Pljevlja, 1943 (photo: Danilo Gagović http://znaci.net/damjan/fotogalerija.php?slika_po_strani=50&fraza=&stranica=27) 1
Photo: “Bosko Buha” Wikipedia, Creative Common license. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C5%A1ko_Buha. 24 August 2015. 1 Memorial site for Bosko Buha, near Prijepolje Jabuka (photo:Magnus Manske, CC WikiComons)