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Another newsreel showing the assassination of the Yugoslavian king Alexander in 1934 by Vlado Chernozemski from the Bulgarian VMRO in cooperation with the Croatian Ustasha, executed after VMRO issued a death sentence for the king as a punishment for his atrocities against the Bulgarian population in Macedonia and against the other supressed nationalities in Yugoslavia.

Vlado Chernosemski was the pseudonym of the Bulgarian-born Velichko Dimitrov Kerin.



On 9 October 1934 the king arrived in Marseille to start a state visit to the Third French Republic, to strengthen the defensive alliance against Nazi Germany. When being driven in a car through the streets along with French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou, a gunman, Vlado Georgieff, stepped from the street and shot the King, the Minister and the chauffeur.



It was one of the first assassinations captured on film; the shooting occurred straight in front of the cameraman, who was only feet away at the time. The cameraman captured not merely the assassination but the immediate aftermath; the body of the chauffeur (who had been killed instantly) became jammed against the brakes of the car, allowing the cameraman to continue filming from within inches of the King for a number of minutes afterwards.



The assassin Vlado Georgieff — driver of the leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, Ivan Mihailov — was cut down by the sword of a mounted French policeman, then beaten by the crowd. By the time he was removed from the scene, he was already dead



According to Bulgarian records, he was born in the village of Kamenitsa, near Peshtera, Bulgaria on October 19, 1897. His parents came from the Bulgarian part of Macedonia. He joined the IMRO in 1922.

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  • ДОБРЕ ТИ Е СЕГА ПЛАТЕНО НАД БЪЛГАРСКО ДЕТЕ РЪКА ДА ВДИГНЕШ,

    КОЙТО НАД БЪЛГАРИТЕ ВДИГНЕ КАТ ТВОЯТА ЩЕ МУ ИЗСЪХНЕ !

  • One of the Greatest BULGARIAN Heroes ! Vlado Chernozemski (Velichko Dimitrov Kerin)! THE HEROES DIE LIKE THAT !! СРБЕ НА ВРБЕ !! ( HANG SERBS) !! Живели брача ХРВАТИ !! ПОЗДРАВИ ИЗ БУГАРСКE !!

  • O oslobadjanju,tesko onom koga Srbi oslobadjaju!Pa bas vas Pero kralj,u dosluhu s Englezima i Francuzima,nakon ujedinjenja ucestvovao je u komadanju Istre,Rijeke,Zadra,otoka..

    Enlezi su to obecali Talijanima za nagradu jer su promijenili stranu u I svjetskom ratu.Trst,Gorica,Celovec-Klage­nfurt,Gradec,danas Graz,bili su slovenski,a nakon bratske pomoci Srba"junaka" Slovencima,postali su dio Italije i Austrije.Jos je vama"Nacertanije"umjesto bukvara glavni predmet u skolama,nikad vi pameti doci!!!

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  • @93Dixy Ali zivot pod Austrijom,znacio je,u odnosu na onaj pod Turcima skoro slobodan zivot.Pa valjda znas odakle Srbi u Hrvatskoj i BiH.U BiH su ih doveli Turci,da im rade na opustosenoj zemlji,a u Hrvatskoj,dobar dio Martolozi,koji su prebjegli preko Save u slobodu,u Hrvatsku.Neki su onda sluzili u Austrijskoj vojsci branili granice od Turaka.Znaci Srbi u Hrvatskoj potomci su izbjeglica pred Turcima.A o tome nakon 1918,zna se vec sve.Svabo vas bio protjer'o u Albaniju,i vasu

  • @93Dixy Kad si vec poceo o kompleksima.Od svih naroda koji su patili pod turskim jarmom,bas Srbi su ih najvejrnije sluzili,orodili se njima,a toliko ste im vjerni bili da ste isli s njima k'o Martolozi u sve njihove pohode od Anadolije do Beca.Turci su se mahom

    zenili iz Srbije,pa ste i krvno vezani,jedino sto vas danas razdvaja je druga vjera i

    jezik,sve drugo,mentalitet,zivotne navike,hvalisavost,nametljivos­t,vam je zajednicko.Za razliku od Srba,jesu Hrvati bili pod Austrijom,ali

  • @K181800 Jaooooo.... sine shvatam ja da tebe drmaju kompleksi.... ali nismo vam mi krivi sto 850 godina bili konjusarcici...... I na kraju vas mi oslobadjamo 1918..... mislim sta reci..... bruka i sramota....

  • @93Dixy Sve sto si rek'o je bas obratno,bas Srbi se uvlace svima,od Turaka,pa do najnovijeg doba.S Turcima ste se orodili,k'o najrodjeniji ste i danas,samo razliciti jezik i vjera vas dijeli,sve drugo je isto,agresivnost,ekspanzija prema svim komsijama,laz,falsificiranje povijesti,hvalisavost,sve te osobimne zajednicke su za vas i vasu krvnu bracu Turke.Sluzili ste ih vjerno preko 400 god.,a pobunili se tek u I srpskom ustanku,prekasno jer su vam promijenili genetiku totalno.Slava Vladi!

  • Vidi ove Makedonce( ne sve).... ponosni su sto je ovo djubre koje je ubilo kralja bilo njihovo...... al dobro doci ce i vama crni dani, imate Siptara za izvoz.... Sto se tice Bugara oni su se pokazali u 2 Balkanskom i 1i 2 Svetskom kada su nas ,,herojski,, napadali s ledja.....

  • @gastozzfan Ali vi se ponosno uvlacite svakome u dupe, jel tako Kurvatu ??? pa kad crkne onda nije bio dobar, eeeeeeeeee lizogusci.....

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