CROWN PRINCE AT COMMEMORATION OF KILLED STUDENTS DURING WORLD WAR TWO

Belgrade, 21 October 2008 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander accompanied by Prof. Miroslav Gasic, member of the Crown Council attended the commemoration marking 67 years since the killing of Kragujevac civilians including children in the Second World War.

The memorial service for the innocent victims of Nazi terror in Sumarice served by His Grace Bishop of Sumadija, Jovan was followed by the traditional cultural event the “great school class”. Before that, President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadic, read a message of peace.

His Royal Highness laid a wreath on the place where on 21 October, 1941 Nazi occupation forces shot over 5,000 civilians, mostly Serbs and Roma, women and schoolchildren.

This sad event was attended by numerous people from Serbia and abroad, among them was: HE Dr. Zarko Obradovic, Minister of Education, Prof. Dr. Slavica Djukic – Dejanovic, Speaker of the House, HE Mr. Dante Coelho de Lima Ambassador of Brazil, members of the Diplomatic Corps, Prof. Milos Djuran, Rector of Kragujevac University and many others.