Vladimir Perić
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Vladimir Perić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Перић; 28 December 1919 – 5/6 April 1945), best known by the nom de guerre Valter, was a Yugoslav-Serb Partisan commander in German-occupied Sarajevo during World War II.
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Native name | Владимир Перић |
Nickname(s) | Valter |
Born | 28 December 1919 Prijepolje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Died | 5/6 April 1945 (aged 25) Sarajevo, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Allegiance | Yugoslav Partisans (1941–45) |
Years of service | 1941–45 |
Commands held | Yugoslav Partisans in Sarajevo |
Battles/wars | World War II in Yugoslavia |
Awards | Order of the People's Hero |
Born in the Serbian town of Prijepolje, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in 1940. The following year, he joined the Partisans and was appointed deputy political commissar of a Partisan unit in eastern Bosnia in 1942. In 1943, Perić became secretary of the Sarajevo committee of the KPJ and took charge of anti-sabotage actions in the city in early 1945. While visiting a tobacco factory at midnight on 5–6 April, Perić was killed after a German soldier hurled a hand grenade at him. His death made him one of the last Sarajevans killed in World War II.