The documentary The Guardian of Honor and Pride - Đorđe Mihailović will premiere on Radio Television of the Republic of Srpska on 1 May, the day when Mihailović, who had dedicated his life to guarding the Serbian World War I military cemetery in Zeitenlik, Greece, celebrates his 93rd birthday.
The film will be shown at 21.00 hrs.
The 25-minute film was shot by the company World Media from Banja Luka, with the support of the Republic of Srpska Representation in Greece, Ministry of European Integration and International Cooperation, and Office of the President of the Republic of Srpska.
For more than half a century, Đorđe Mihailović, the legendary Uncle Đorđe as the visitors to Zeitenlik and the people call him, has been the keeper and guide of this military cemetery from one of the greatest epics of the Serbian people, and he is the third generation Mihailović on this job.
In 1926, King Aleksandar Karađorđević appointed his grandfather Sava to head the state commission for collecting the remains of fallen Serbian army soldiers scattered over 250 smaller military cemeteries on the wide area of the Thessaloniki front.
Sava’s son Đura took over the job of the keeper, and his son Đorđe replaced him in the 1960s, staying on that job until 2014, when due to his old age and feebleness he was replaced by Predrag Nedeljković from Kraljevo.
The remains of more than 8,000 members of the Serbian army who died on the Thessaloniki front rest in the graves and ossuary at the Serbian military cemetery Zeitenlik
Source and photo: RTRS
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