Zvonimir Pospišil


Zvonimir Pospišil was a Yugoslav mechanic of Croatian origin, known as one of the main Ustaše terrorists who organised the assassination of King Aleksandar of Yugoslavia in 1934.

Before World War II

Pospišil was born on 9 June 1904 in Vukovina, Austria-Hungary from mother Marija and father Ladislav Kralj and educated as mechanic.
On 22 March 1929 Pospišil and Mijo Babić murdered Toni Šlegel, the chief editor of newspaper Novosti from Zagreb and president of Jugoštampa, which was the beginning of the terrorist actions of Ustaše.
Pospišil is also known as one of assassins of Alexander I of Yugoslavia.

During the World War II

On 17 June 1941 during the battle in village Pržine during June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina between 600 Ustaše and rebels lasted for two hours. Ustaše retreated toward Gacko and Avtovac burning village of Zborna Gomila, after leaving four dead on the battlefield including Zvonimir Pospišil.
During the Uprising in Herzegovina the other two assassins of King Aleksandar, Mijo Babić and Antun Pogorelac, were also killed during their attacks on rebels.