This is kind of a long shot, but I'm trying to track down people with the surname Salaj or Galoviฤ from Sremska Mitrovica.
My family immigrated to America from Sremska Mitrovica in the early 1900s but some stayed behind. I have a set of letters from there that I'm hoping someone has the other half to, but also would just like to know where those who remained went after my relatives who knew them died.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Hello everybody!
Last time, 2 weeks ago, I talked about the founder of Serbian social democracy, Dimitrije Tucoviฤ. This time, I am going to talk about another prominent, and incredibly controversial, figure in the politics of the Serbian / Yugoslav democratic left, a fighter for the liberation of Yugoslavia from fascist tyranny who then became one of the leading communist politicians, only to dissent against the authoritarian regime and to recognise the enormous flaws of the entire social, political and economic system - Milovan ฤilas.
For those who do not have time to read the entire post, I at least advise reading the Dissident against communist rule section, as that's where I talk about his views the most (although keep in mind that the context is important too - which is that he was initially a fervent communist who soured on it completely). The most important parts, in my view, if you want to get an understanding of his thought, is everything from the aforementioned section onwards.
This is an incredibly important and notable figure so this one will be a bit longer than last time.
Early life and political involvement
Milovan ฤilas was born on 4 June 1911 in the village of Podbiลกฤe near Mojkovac in Montenegro into a peasant family. His father was Nikola, who fought for the Montenegrin army in the Balkan Wars and World War One, and his mother was Vasilija. His older brother Aleksa fought in World War Two and died in 1941, while his younger brother Milivoje was executed by the Nazis in the Banjica concentration camp near Belgrade in 1942. His sister, Dobrinka, was executed by the ultranationalist Chetniks, and his father died fighting Albanian nationalists in Kosovo in World War Two as well.
ฤilas went to primary school and gymnasium (high school) in the towns of Kolaลกin and Berane, respectively. He enrolled into the Faculty of Philosophy of the Belgrade University in 1929, where he studied Yugoslav literature. During his time at the University of Belgrade, he wrote numerous poems, stories, literary analyses and cultural and political articles and essays that he published in numerous Yugoslav newspapers and magazines.
During his time at the University of Belgrade, he adopted left-wing ideas, joining the Communist Youth League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ), and opposed the dictatorship by King Alexander, writing and distributing prop
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies ๐
It really does, I swear!
My great-great grandfather, his brother, and their sister grew up in Sremska Mitrovica before immigrating to the United States in 1912. I have a letter written in what Iโve been told is Serbian from one ancestor to another that was effectively the last known communication between two of the family lines.
My great-great grandpa was determined to totally Americanize his family and so none of my living relatives speak the language.
Iโve been trying to get it translated for 7 years now. Iโve had multiple people agree to translate it for me but once I send them the letter they effectively stop talking to me. Iโve tried to get it professionally translated as well but they always want more than I can afford. The most one would tell me is that itโs deeply personal. That only made me want to know what it says more.
All that considered, would anyone be interested in trying to translate this letter for me?
Buenosdillas
Theyโre on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
