Husein Đozo – then and after. Đozo was a highly educated Muslim theologian, reformer and activist, who studied at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo and eventually became a professor at the Islamic Theological Faculty in Sarajevo. Today, he is considered one of the most influential Bosnian Muslim thinkers of the past century – but his role during World War II is rarely being mentioned. He was born in Bare near Goražde and he joined the Croatian SS Division (later named "Handschar") in June 1943. He served in the division as an imam of the 2nd Regiment and a deputy chief imam (in the rank of Waffen-Hauptsturmführer). He was also tasked with educating the troops and training the imams. He wrote his articles in a typical Nazi propaganda style, using the usual phrases such as "laying down lives for the great leader Adolf Hitler and the New Europe". He wrote about the SS soldier's mission and the struggle against capitalism, communism and Judaism, all for the so-called New Order. After the war, he spent five years in prison, and later continued his theological work in communist Yugoslavia. He died in Sarajevo, aged 70. In his honour, a couple of years ago, a primary school in Goražde previously called "Nikola Tesla" changed its name to "Husein ef. Đozo".
Text: Ivan Ž.
Photographer: a) Falkowski, SS War Correspondent Battalion; b) unknown.
Date: a) October 1943; b) unknown.
Location: a) Neuhammer am Queis (district of Sprottau), Germany; b) unknown.
Original caption: a) unknown; b) unknown.
File source: a) National Archives, 242-JRP-20-53-35; b) Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini.
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Husein Đozo – onda i posle. Đozo je bio visokoobrazovani islamski teolog, reformista i aktivista, koji je studirao na Univerzitetu Al-Azhar u Kairu i vremenom postao profesor na Islamskom teološkom fakultetu u Sarajevu. Danas se smatra jednim od najuticajnijih bosansko-muslimanskih mislilaca prošlog veka – ali se njegova uloga u II svetskom ratu uglavnom ne pominje. Rodom je bio iz Bara kod Goražda, a u Hrvatsku SS-diviziju (kasnije nazvanu "Handžar") prijavio se juna 1943. godine. U diviziji je služio kao imam 2. puka i zamenik glavnog imama (u činu trupnog hauptšturmfirera). Bio je zadužen za prosvećivanje trupa, kao i za obuku imama. Svoje tekstove pisao je klasičnim nacističko-propagandnim stilom, koristeći uobičajene fraze poput "davanja života za velikog vođu Adolfa Hitlera i Novu Evropu". Pisao je o zadatku SS-vojnika i borbi protiv kapitalizma, komunizma i judaizma, a sve zarad tzv. Novog poretka. Posle rata je proveo pet godina na robiji, a kasnije je nastavio svoj teološki rad i u komunističkoj Jugoslaviji. Umro je u Sarajevu, u svojoj 70. godini. U njegovu čast, pre nekoliko godina, osnovna škola u Goraždu koja se zvala "Nikola Tesla" promenila je ime u "Husein ef. Đozo".
Tekst: Ivan Ž.
Fotograf: a) Falkovski, Ratnodopisnički bataljon SS-a; b) nepoznat.
Datum: a) oktobar 1943; b) nepoznat.
Mesto: a) Nojhamer na Kvisi (okrug Šprotau), Nemačka; b) nepoznato.
Originalni natpis: a) nepoznat; b) nepoznat.
Izvor fajla: a) National Archives, 242-JRP-20-53-35; b) Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini.
Izvor fajla: a) National Archives, 242-JRP-20-53-35; b) Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini.
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