King Alexander the first victim of fascism

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic and Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic have laid wreaths on the monuments of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic and French Minister for Foreign Affairs Louis Barthou, who were assassinated 75 years ago on this day. This is a day of grief for Serbia and France said Jeremic and reminded us that shots at King Alexander I, who was the victim of fascism and ustaschi terror, have also been shots at European Peace and our Country.

BLIC, 10 October 2009

Commemoration of the assassination in Marseilles

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic and Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic have laid wreaths on the monuments of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic and French Minister for Foreign Affairs of France Louis Barthou, who were assassinated 75 years ago on this day. This is a day of grief for Serbia and France said Jeremic and reminded us that the shots at King Alexander I, who was the victim of fascism and ustaschi terror, have also been shots at European Peace and our Country.

BORBA, 10 October 2009

Commemoration of the Assassination in Marseilles

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic and HRH Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic have laid wreaths on the monuments to King Alexander I Karadjordjevic and French Minister for Foreign Affairs of France Louis Barthou, who were assassinated 75 years ago on this day. Serbian ambassador to France, HE Mr. Dusan Batakovic was also present at the commemoration of tragic events of 1934 in Marseilles. King Alexander and minister Barthou have been assassinated as soon as they have come to Marseilles where they were expected to reinforce alliance of the two countries against the German fascism.

DNEVNIK , 10 October 2009

75 years of the assassination of King Alexander I

HE WAS THE FIRST VICTIM OF THE FASCIST TERROR

President Tadic has laid a wreath yesterday on the grave of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic in Oplenac, commemorating 75 years of his assassination during the attempt in Marseilles, which was organised by Croatian branch Ustaschi and Macedonian VMRO.

GLAS JAVNOSTI, 10 October 2009

Commemoration in Marseilles

Marseilles – The minister for Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic and Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic have laid a wreath on the monuments of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic and French Minister for Foreign Affairs of France Louis Barthou, who were assassinated 75 years ago on this day. The commemoration has been served within the presence of some members of the Karadjordjevic Family, and of the Serbian Ambassador in France Mr Dusan Batakovic. Prince Alexander also went to the commemoration in Oplenac the same afternoon, where he laid a wreath in St George Church, Topola. Beta

KURIR, 10 October 2009

Commemoration in Marseilles

Marseilles – The minister for Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic and Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic have laid wreaths on the monuments to King Alexander I Karadjordjevic and French Minister for Foreign Affairs of France Louis Barthou, who were assassinated 75 years ago on this day. The commemoration has been served within the presence of some members of the Karadjordjevic Family, and of the Serbian Ambassador to France Mr Dusan Batakovic.

PRESS, 10 October 2009

Boris Tadic at the grave of King Alexander

Belgrade – The President of Serbia, Boris Tadic has laid a wreath yesterday in Oplenac in the St George Church on the grave of King Alexander who has been assassinated exactly 75 years ago in Marseilles. The ceremony has been done with the highest Government Honour during the presence of President Boris Tadic, the delegation of the Serbian Army with Minister Sutanovac as their head and the Chief of the Army of Serbia General Miloje Milojevic. Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic II, with his wife Princess Katherine and his son Prince Philip have also participated to the commemoration, with other relative from the Karadjordjevic Family, representatives of the Church and many people who came to show their respect. The inauguration of the exhibition of the “Statesman and Warrior Path of King Alexander I” has been organised in the house of King Peter I Karadjordjevic. During the opening ceremony, Minister Dragan Sutanovac has announced that King Alexander I has left a permanent mark in the History of the entire Balkans.

- Serbia is coming back today on the road of political integration laid by King Alexander – said Sutanovac Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic, together with Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic, who arrived in the afternoon to Oplenac, have laid a wreath in Marseilles on the monument of King Alexander I.

- On the same day, 75 years ago, the King Unifier Alexander I has been assassinated. He felt down as the first victim of fascism and the Croatian branch Ustaschi terror. The shots to the King Alexander have been a shots at the European Peace. King Alexander was a man with deep respect for his people, for tradition and with a great vision of prosperity through the unification and integrations. He was the first true European at the head of or country – said for Press Vuk Jeremic.

POLITIKA, 10 October 2009

75th anniversary commemorating the assassination of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic

The anniversary commemorating the tragic death of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic, who was assassinated 75 years ago in Marseilles, while he was on an official visit to France, has been organised yesterday in the Royal Mausoleum in Oplenac.

President of Serbia, Boris Tadic has laid a wreath yesterday in Oplenac in the St George Church at the grave of King Alexander. The ceremony has been served with the highest State Honours within the presence of the members of diplomatic corps and members of Karadjordjevic Family, led by Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic. The Holy Liturgy and the dirge were served by Bishop Jovan of Sumadija and Bishop Nikolaj from Alaska.

The minister for Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic has laid a wreath on the monuments to King Alexander I Karadjordjevic and French Minister for Foreign Affairs of France Louis Barthou, who was assassinated on the same occasion. Wreath has been laid by the Serbian Ambassador in France Mr Dusan Batakovic, Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic and his son Philip, as well as the French Prefect of the Provence Region Michel Sapin, as a representative of Marseilles and of the Union of French and Serbian Soldiers “Peter I”.

King Alexander was born in Cetinje in 1888., as the second child of Princess Zorka and King Peter I Karadjordjevic. After the abdication of his older brother Djordje in 1909, he becomes the Crown Prince. Due to the illness of King Peter, who withdraws from his royal duty on 24 June 1914, Crown Prince Alexander became the Regent of the Kingdom of Serbia. The Union of Serbian, Croats and Slovenian in one country was declared by Alexander on 1 December 1918. After King Peter I death, Alexander becomes the King of the Kingdom of Serbian, Croats and Slovenians, and change its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. During his official visit to France on October, 9th 1934, King Alexander was assassinated in Marseilles. Nine days after that, on 18 October, his remains have been laid in the Family Mausoleum in Oplenac, Topola, where they remained until today. Tanjug

RADIO BEOGRAD 1, 9 October 2009

The State Government of Serbia and Karadjordjevic Family

Speaker: The Serbian Government and the Karadjordjevic Family have commemorated today in Oplenac, in Topola, 75 years of the assassination of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic.

Reporter: President Boris Tadic, the delegation of the Serbian Army with Minister Sutanovac as their head and the Chief of the Army of Serbia General Miloje Milojevic, and the Diplomatic Corps with the highest Government Honour have laid a wreath today on the grave of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic in the Crypt of the St George Church in Topola. A wreath has also been laid by the Karadjordjevic Family, led by the grandson of the King the Unifier Prince Alexander. Afterwards, the Minister of Defence has inaugurated the exhibition “Statesman and Warrior Path of King Alexander I” at the Gallery of King’s Peter I House in Oplenac and in the Museum of the Army in Belgrade. He said that King Alexander was a visionary but that this unification will be achieved in Brussels and not in Belgrade.

TV AVALA, 9 October 2009

Eternal Glory

The speaker: The commemoration of the death of King Alexander I who has been assassinated seventy five years ago in Marseille during his visit to France, was held in the Royal Mausoleum of Oplenac within the presence of President Boris Tadic, members of the Diplomatic and Army Corps in Serbia as well as members of the Royal Family Karadjordjevic. The Holy Liturgy and the dirge were served in the Saint George Church by bishop Jovan of Sumadija. The commemoration was also held in France, where the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia HE Vuk Jeremic and HRH Prince Alexander II laid wreathes in Marseille, on the monument in honour of King Alexander and French Minister of Foreign Affairs Louis Barthou who both were assassinated during the tragic event seventy five years ago. Minister Jeremic said that King Alexander was the first victim of the fascism terror, and that this was a day of grief for Serbia and France.

Vuk Jeremic (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia): The shots that hit our King were shots to our country and to European peace. King Alexander was a man with deep respect for history and tradition of his people, in the same time a man with powerful progressive vision of unity and integrations and we may say that he has been the first real European Statesman at the head of our country. Let him have Eternal Glory

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic: I wish to thank a lot to the French people here and to our Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Vuk Jeremic. To remember that day, which was the first. He has been the first victim of fascism. I came here today with my son Philip, and wish to thank a lot the Serbian Government and President Tadic for the commemoration of this sad day.

RTS 1, 9 October 2009

75 years from the assassination of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic

Speaker: Today it has been exactly 75 years since the assassination of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic. Serbian President Tadic will lay a wreath at the grave of King Alexander in St George Church in Oplenac, while Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic will do it in Marseille at the place of the assassination. The assassination when French Minister for Foreign Affairs Louis Barthou was also killed, has been organised by the Croatian branch “Ustashi” and members of the Macedonian VMRO.

Reporter: The Holy Liturgy and the dirge to the Knight King Alexander were served in the Saint George Church by Bishop Jovan of Sumadija with the Bishop Nikolaj of Alaska. King Alexander Karadjordjevic, son of King Peter I and Princess Zorka, was killed on October, 9th 1934 in Marseille by the Croatian branch “Ustashi” and members of the Macedonian VMRO. His Remains were escorted by hundreds of thousands of people, and were laid to rest on October 18th in the Crypt of the St George’s Church in Oplenac in Topola. During the commemoration of 75 years of the death of King Alexander I it has been announced that President Tadic will lay a wreath on his grave in the Chruch in Oplenac. The Ceremony will be attended by members of Diplomatic and Military Corps and the Karadjordjevic Family. This will be the occasion of the opening of the exhibition “Statesman and Warrior Path of King Alexander I”.

PINK TV, 9 October 2009

Vuk Jeremic honoured King Alexander Karadjordjevic

Speaker: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia Vuk Jeremic and Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic II have laid wreathes on King’s Alexander I and French Minister for Foreign Affairs of France Louis Berthou monument in Marseilles, on the place where they have been assassinated 75 years ago. This is a day of grief for Serbia and France said Jeremic and reminded us that the shots at King Alexander I, who was the victim of fascism and ustaschi terror, have also been shots at European Peace and our Country.

VUK JEREMIC (Minister for Foreign Affairs): King Alexander was a man who had deep respect for the history and the tradition of his people, and at the same time had a powerful and progressive vision of unification and integrations, and we may say that he was the first true European at the helm of our country. Eternal Glory to him!

PHILIP KARADJORDJEVIC (Prince): This is a special moment for all of us, because it makes us think of where we were 75 years ago, the place we are now and to think about where we will be in the future. I am very touched by today’s ceremony and the warm welcome that has been organised for us.