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RIGHTOUS AMONG THE NATIONS - SERBIAPRAVEDNICI MEĐU NARODIMA - SRBIJAJULIANA AND LASZLO SZAGMEISTERThe Szagmeister and Engler families lived in Suboticain the same house in adjacent flats. Laszlo Szagmeisterand Janosz Engler, both jurists, worked in attorney-at-lawoffices. In February within a span of onlyten days both Juliana Szagmeister and Magda Englergave birth to sons, Szandor and Amir. In May 1944the ghetto for Jews was opened in Subotica. Janoszwas away on forced labour duty when Magda and thebaby had to move to the ghetto. The fact that Laszlohad good connections inside the police enabled himto bring food to Magda and Amir each day. On theeve of the last transport to Auschwitz, Laszlo managedto take Amir out of the ghetto. He obtainedfake documents for Amir stating that he and Julianahad adopted the boy. Thus, Amir was saved from acertain death that awaited him in Auschwitz.Juliana and Laszlo Szagmeisterboth awarded a Righteous among Nationsin 1998KRSTA NOVAKOVIĆ, KOSA PETROVIĆ ANDTHE VELJKOVIĆ FAMILIESIn 1941 Germans instated a military regime in occupiedSerbia. To administer civic procedures theyneeded people acceptable to the general population.Kruševac’s most prominent citizens had beenarrested immediately upon the fall of the town.Among them was prewar borough council chairmanand MP Krsta Novaković, an apothecary by profession.Threatened by reprisal against his family, hewas forced to cooperate. He became the first warchairman of borough Kruševac.Rebeka Tatjacak, a Jewess had three daughters: Sultana,Natalija and Sofija and a son, David.She turned to Krsta Novaković for help. Counting onhis pre-war friendly relations with people from thepolice, Krsta managed to obtain fake documents forthe entire family.Kosa Petrović, proprietress of a restaurant inKruševac, hid David in her wine cellar once the persecutionof Jews began. She further helped the Tatjacakfamily to move to the village of Donji Krčin,close to Kruševac. Relying on her parents, Miroslavand Cila, Zlata Veljković took responsibility for Rebekaand her children and placed them inside herparent’s house.Zlata Veljković, her parents Miroslav and Cilaall awarded a Righteous among Nationsin 1999Krsta Novaković and Kosa Petrovićboth awarded a Righteous among Nationsin 2003Porodice Sagmajster i Engler živele su u Subotici, u istoj kući, stan do stana. LasloSagmajster i Janoš Engler, obojica pravnici, radili su u advokatskoj kancelariji. JulijanaSagmajster i Magda Engler februara 1944. u razmaku od samo deset danarodile su sinove Šandora i Amira. U maju mesecu 1944. otvoren je geto za Jevreje uSubotici. Janoš je bio na prinudnom radu, a Magda je morala sa bebom da se preseliu geto. Laslo je imao veze u policiji i svakodnevno je donosio hranu za Magdu iAmira. Uoči poslednjeg transporta za Aušvic, Laslo je uspeo da iz geta izvede Amira.Pribavio je lažna dokumenta da su Julijana i on usvojili Amira, i tako ga sačuvali odsigurne smrti.Nemci su 1941. uveli vojnu upravu u okupiranoj Srbiji.Za civilnu vlast bili su im potrebni ljudi u koje narodima poverenja. Viđeniji ljudi iz Kruševca bili su pohapšeni.Među njima se nalazio i predratni predsednikopštine i narodni poslanik, apotekar Krsta Novaković.Pod pretnjom odmazde Krstu su naterali na saradnju.Postao je prvi ratni predsednik opštine Kruševac.Jevrejka Rebeka Tajtacak imala je tri kćerke: Sultanu,Nataliju i Sofiju, i sina Davida.Potražila je pomoć od Krste Novakovića. Koristeći predratnaprijateljstva sa ljudima iz policije Krsta je zasve njih obezbedio lažne legitimacije.Kosa Petrović držala je u Kruševcu kafanu. Kada jepočela potera za Jevrejima, Kosa je Davida sakrila uvinski podrum i pomogla da se cela porodica Tajtacakprebaci u selo Donji Krčin, nadomak Kruševca. ZlataVeljković je prihvatila Rebeku sa decom i smestila ih ukuću svojih roditelja Miroslava i Cile.Julijana i LasloSagmajsterproglašeni su 1988.godine za Pravednikemeđu narodimaZlata Veljković iroditelji Miroslav i Cilaproglašeni su 1999. godine zaPravednike među narodimaKrsta Novaković i Kosa Petrovićproglašeni su 2003. godine zaPravednike među narodima