Josip Broz alias "Tito", leader of the Yugoslav Partisans (still anonymous), poses staring at the distance in the territory of the NDH, 1942. According to Žorž Skrigin, a well-known Partisan photographer, this (future-famous) image was taken by an infiltrated German agent, in Foča, with Tito's permission. (Tito, who himself was a photography enthusiast, could not resist posing for a photo, unaware that he was actually posing to the enemy.) The picture reached the Germans, who used it in July 1943 on the first wanted poster for the Partisan leader, after which it remains known to this day. The enclosed copy of the image originates from the war diary of the Pioneer Battalion, SS Division "Prinz Eugen", and it is one of the copies provided to the divisional units when they transferred from Serbia to Croatia, for Operation "White" (January 1943). Written below the picture in the SS diary is the comment: "'Tito'. Real name: Ivan Broz(ović)." (This name was given to the Croatian police by Soviet intelligence officer Ivan Srebrenjak "Antonov", who was arrested in February 1942.) As can be seen, Tito's true identity was still unknown to the Germans (and to the Allies) in January 1943. The Germans found out his real name the following month, and shortly afterwards they published it in their press. The Allied press and public found out the name of Josip Broz only in September, giving it little attention. It was only after the Tehran Conference (December), and the decision to support the Partisans instead of the Chetniks, that the Allied public started becoming more interested in Tito. The press described him as a mysterious (Croatian) fighter of the Balkans, Josip Broz, or Josip Brozović, and there was still a question of whether Broz and Tito were the same person. Some of the Allied articles about Tito were accompanied by the picture from the German wanted poster.
Text: Ivan Ž.
Photographer: unknown.
Date: 1942.
Location: Foča, Yugoslavia.
Original caption: unknown.
Sources: Bundesarchiv, RS 25/3; Slavko Odić, Slavko Komarica, Partizanska obavještajna služba – Šta se stvarno događalo, CIP, Zagreb, 1988, bk 3, pp. 332–333, 358; Vilko Vinterhalter, In the Path of Tito (trans. Ranka Kuić), Somaiya Publications, Bombay, 1972, p. 340; Walter R. Roberts, Tito, Mihailović and the Allies, 1941–1945, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1973, pp. 113–114, 120, 122, 172; Kurt Pauli, "Der Bandenkrieg in Ex-Jugoslawien", Die Wehrmacht, Berlin, 07.04.1943, vol. VII, no 8, p. 7; Juliet Bridgman, Allen Roberts, "General Tito: Mystery Warrior of the Balkans", Liberty, New York, 18.12.1943, p. 13; C. L. Sulzberger, "Mystery Man of the Balkans", New York Times, 05.12.1943, p. 8; "Is Broz really shadowy Tito?", The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 19.12.1943, p. 69; "Tito's Partisans", Life, New York, 06.12.1943, p. 88; Boro Krivokapić, "Bes/konačni Tito", Večernje novosti (online), 11.05.2006. (Photo restoration: Ivan Ž.)
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Josip Broz zvani Tito, vođa jugoslovenskih partizana (još uvek anonimni), pozira zagledan u daljinu na teritoriji NDH, 1942. godine. Po Žoržu Skriginu, poznatom partizanskom fotografu, ovu (kasnije čuvenu) sliku snimio je ubačeni nemački agent, u Foči, uz Titovu dozvolu. (Tito, koji je i sam bio ljubitelj fotografije, nije odoleo fotografisanju, nesvestan da zapravo pozira neprijatelju.) Slika je dospela u ruke Nemaca, koji su je jula 1943. objavili na prvoj poternici za partizanskim vođom, po kojoj je do danas ostala poznata. Priložena kopija snimka potiče iz ratnog dnevnika inžinjerijskog bataljona SS-divizije "Princ Ojgen", i jedan je od primeraka datih jedinicama divizije po prelasku iz Srbije u Hrvatsku, prilikom operacije "Belo" (januara 1943). Ispod slike u esesovskom dnevniku stoji komentar: "'Tito'. Pravo ime: Ivan Broz(ović)." (Ovo ime dao je hrvatskoj policiji sovjetski obaveštajac Ivan Srebrenjak Antonov, koji je uhapšen februara 1942.) Kao što se vidi, Titov pravi identitet Nemcima (kao ni saveznicima) nije bio poznat ni u januaru 1943. Njegovo pravo ime Nemci su saznali sledećeg meseca, i ubrzo potom objavili su ga i u štampi. Saveznička štampa i javnost za ime Josipa Broza saznali su tek u septembru, ne pridajući mu previše pažnje. Tek posle Teheranske konferencije (decembar) i odluke da se umesto četnika podrže partizani, počelo je i ozbiljnije zanimanje savezničke javnosti za Tita. U štampi je opisivan kao misteriozni (hrvatski) borac sa Balkana, Josip Broz, ili Josip Brozović, a postavljano je i pitanje da li su Broz i Tito ista osoba. Neke od savezničkih članaka o Titu pratila je i slika sa nemačke poternice.
Tekst: Ivan Ž.
Fotograf: nepoznat.
Datum: 1942.
Mesto: Foča, Jugoslavija.
Originalni natpis: nepoznat.
Izvori: Bundesarchiv, RS 25/3; Slavko Odić, Slavko Komarica, Partizanska obavještajna služba – Šta se stvarno događalo, CIP, Zagreb, 1988, knj. 3, str. 332–333, 358; Vilko Vinterhalter, In the Path of Tito (prev. Ranka Kuić), Somaiya Publications, Bombay, 1972, str. 340; Walter R. Roberts, Tito, Mihailović and the Allies, 1941–1945, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1973, str. 113–114, 120, 122, 172; Kurt Pauli, "Der Bandenkrieg in Ex-Jugoslawien", Die Wehrmacht, Berlin, 07.04.1943, god. VII, br. 8, str. 7; Juliet Bridgman, Allen Roberts, "General Tito: Mystery Warrior of the Balkans", Liberty, New York, 18.12.1943, str. 13; C. L. Sulzberger, "Mystery Man of the Balkans", New York Times, 05.12.1943, str. 8; "Is Broz really shadowy Tito?", The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 19.12.1943, str. 69; "Tito's Partisans", Life, New York, 06.12.1943, str. 88; Boro Krivokapić, "Bes/konačni Tito", Večernje novosti (online), 11.05.2006. (Foto-restauracija: Ivan Ž.)
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