Serbian Landowners in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia: The Case of Bogdan Dundjerski
Serbian Landowners in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia: The Case of Bogdan Dundjerski
Author(s): Vesna DimitrijevićSubject(s): History
Published by: Balkanološki institut - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti
Keywords: Dundjerski family; landowners; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Serbia; Vojvodina; Bačka; social transition; world wars
Summary/Abstract: Originally from Herzegovina, the Dundjerski family moved to south Hungary, present day Serbia’s province of Vojvodina, in the seventeenth century. From the 1820s the family’s progress was marked by the enlargement of their landed property. In the early twentieth century the family owned or rented about 26,473 ha of land in Vojvodina. Bogdan Dundjerski (1860-1943), the third generation landowner, was brought up in a mixture of different traditions including the ethic of Serb highlanders of Herzegovina, centralEuropean middle classes and Hungarian nobility. A wealthy landowner, Serb patriot and benefactor, whose political role in the Second World War remains controversial, described himself as: Serb, Christian Orthodox, landowner.
Journal: BALCANICA
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 42
- Page Range: 117-132
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English