Muške fantazije: smrt Blagoja Parovića
MALE FANTASIES: THE DEATH OF BLAGOJE PAROVIĆ

Author(s): Vladan Vukliš, Stefan Gužvica
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Communism
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Blagoje Parović; Josip Broz Tito; Milan Gorkić (Josip Čižinski); Spanish Civil War; Vlajko Begović; Vladimir Dedijer; Pero Simić; Comintern; Božidar Maslarić; Battle for Brunete
Summary/Abstract: The merging of historiography with pseudo-scholar journalism created numerous problems in the understanding of historical events. The case of the death of Blagoje Parović, which is analyzed in detail in this paper, stands out as particularly illustrative. Through comparative, politically connected biographies of Parović, Milan Gorkić, and Josip Broz Tito, the authors explain in detail the activities of Parović in Spain and the circumstances of his death. After this, they turn to the period from the middle of 1937, when the combined consequences of the new wave of the “Great“ Purge in the Soviet Union, the failure of the “La Corse“ action, the detention of Adolf Muk before the police, the disappearance and judicial killing of Milan Gorkić lead to a tightening of interpersonal relations both in Paris and among Yugoslav volunteers in Spain. To properly explain these trends, claims that can be found in journalism and historiography were also introduced into the analysis. With such a setting of the historical context, it was possible to trace the genesis of the myth of Parović’s murder, while following its permutations in the latter’s journalism and literature, with special reference to the works of Vladimir Dedijer and Pero Simić, who took over and further developed the given mythologems. The authors also take a critical look at the work of historians who took over the pseudo-scholar claims of Dedijer and Simić and thus gave them historiographical and academic credibility.

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