Osman Rastoder

Osman Rastoder
Hodja or Mullah
Born 1882
Petnjica, Ottoman Empire (modern day Montenegro)
Died 23 January 1946
Buried at Radmanci, Petnjica, Montenegro
Allegiance
Unit Detachment of Sandžak Muslim militia from Petnjica
Battles/wars

World War II in Yugoslavia

Osman Rastoder (1882 – 23 January 1946) was a cleric (hodja)[1] and commander of the Muslim militia in upper Bihor during the Second World War. He was a collaborator with the Italians during their World War II occupation of Sandžak.[2]

After Italy's capitulation he collaborated with occupying German forces. Rastoder belonged to the supporters of the annexation of Sandžak by the Greater Albania.[3]

World War II

At the beginning of 1941 the relations between towns Petnjica and Police worsened due to the killing of Rastoder's son, Avdul (or Avdulah), in Berane.[4]

During the Uprising in Montenegro a detachment of the Muslim militia from Bihor commanded by Rastoder attacked insurgents toward Berane.[3] In autumn 1941, Rastoder was appointed to command the Muslim militia detachment in upper Bihor with its seat in Petnjica.[5]

Together with Muslim militia commanders (including Sulejman Pačariz and Husein Rovčanin) he participated in a conference in village of Godijeva,[6] and agreed to attack Serb villages near Sjenica and other parts of Sandžak.[7]

On 31 March 1942, Chetnik leader Pavle Đurišić met with Rastoder and offered him a peace agreement, which Rastoder refused.[8]

The detachment of Muslim militia commanded by Rastoder, supported by Albanian irregulars and German forces, attacked and killed 35 Partisans and 19 Italian irregulars of the Garibaldi Battalion on 22 January 1944 near the village of Vrbica (Berane).[9] The circumstances of his death remain unclear.

Family

One of three sons of Avdulhodza Rastoder, Osman married twice, to Hajrija Sacirovic and Pasa Hadrovic, and had a total of seven children, Ferida, Smajo, Mejrema, Husein, Nurka, Avdulah and Suljo.

Legacy

In February 2013, members of the Bosniak community in Luxembourg established the Mulla Osman Hrastoder, an award named for Rastoder in his honor.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Историски записи. с.н. 1961. p. 671.
  2. ↑ Scotti, Giacomo; Viazzi, Luciano (1999). Occupazione e guerra italiana in Montenegro: le aquile delle montagne nere. Mursia. p. 468.
  3. 1 2 Božović, Branislav; Vavić, Milorad (1991). Surova vremena na Kosovu i Metohiji: kvislinzi i kolaboracija u drugom svetskom ratu. Institut za savremenu istoriju. p. 194. ... правца према Беранама дејствовала је и муслиманска милиција из Бихора, под ко- мандом Османа Растодера који је, заједно са Шефкијом Кушићем, био поборник припајања и тога дела Црне Горе, укључујући и Бијело Поље, „Великој Албанији". -->
  4. ↑ Agović, Halil. "Stare granice, opština nova". Fragment from the book "Svedok Vremena" (in Serbian). Petnjica municipality website. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Bojović, Jovan R.; Titogradu, Istorijski institut SR Crne Gore u (1985). Prelomni događaji narodnooslobodilaćkog rata u Crnoj Gori 1943. godine: zbornik radova sa naućnog skupa održanog 19. i 20. XII 1983. Istorijski institut SRCG. p. 245.
  6. ↑ Pajović, Radoje; Željeznov, Dušan; Božović, Branislav (1987). Pavle Đurišić, Lovro Hacin, Juraj Špiler. Centar za informacije i publicitet. p. 245. ISBN 978-86-7125-006-1.
  7. ↑ Redžić, Vučeta (2002). Građanski rat u Crnoj Gori: Dešavanja od sredine 1942. godine do sredine 1945. godine. Stupovi. p. 61.
  8. ↑ Lakić, Zoran (2009). "Pljevlja 1941–1945". Istorija Pljevalja. Opština Pljevalja. p. 371.
  9. ↑ "Akciju predvodio Osman Rastoder". DAN (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 May 2014. Tako je 22. januara oko 2.000 pripadnika muslimanske fašističke milicije i albanske kvinslinške vojske i Njemaca izbilo od Rožaja u rejon sjeverozapadno od Berana. .... Tog kobnog dana 1944. godine jedan od partizanskih bataljona je trebalo da preduhitri muslimansku miliciju kojom je komandovao Osman Rastoder, kako ne bi napala susjednu Policu. -->
  10. ↑ "BKZ U LUKSEMBURGU USTANOVILA PRIZNANJE "MULLA OSMAN HRASTODER"". http://bosnjaci.net. Retrieved 22 May 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
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