| Rešad Bešlagić | |
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| Born | 1912 Tuzla, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 4 April 1945 (aged 36) Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia |
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| Years active | 1928–45 |
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Rešad Bešlagić (1912 – 4 April 1945) was a Bosnian folk singer and sevdalinka interpreter.
Biography
Bešlagić was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly before World War I broke out in 1914.
During his youth, he studied law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law where he started his singing career at Radio Belgrade.
He was killed during World War II by fascist Ustaše troops in Sarajevo, aged 36. Despite this, during the time of communist Yugoslavia he was mistakenly put on the list of the Jasenovac concentration camp victims.
References
- "Sevdah mi je pomogao da izgradim sebe". E-novine. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- Ovčina, Mirsad. "Rešad Bešlagić - Popularni pjevač sevdalinki između dva rata". Bosnian Experience. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- "Jasenovački popis: Manipulacije s poznatima i slavnima" (in Croatian). 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- REŠAD BEŠLAGIĆ". Retrieved 2017-12-31.