{"id":13088,"date":"2023-05-14T00:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T23:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/partizan\/dr-asim-a-opijac\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T19:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:28:29","slug":"dr-asim-a-opijac","status":"publish","type":"partizan","link":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/partizan\/dr-asim-a-opijac\/","title":{"rendered":"dr Asim A. OPIJA\u010c\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Dr. ASIM OPIJA\u010c, son of AHMET, born in 1896 (according to some sources, 1898) in Stolac (or Domanovi\u0107i). One of the pre-war doctors, he worked at the People’s Health Center (DNZ) in Mostar. The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) established contacts with certain prominent individuals at the beginning of the war who were willing to collaborate with the Communists. In this regard, doctors played a special role, and the DNZ became a significant place where health workers-communists operated. The DNZ staff held several healthcare courses for nurses with excellent attendance, thanks to the personal commitment of the lecturers, including Dr. Zvonko Mari\u0107<\/a>, Dr. Fedor Luka\u010d, Dr. Ivica Milakovi\u0107<\/a>, Dr. Vjekoslav Slovini\u0107<\/a>, Dr. Nikolaj Derjugin, and Dr. Lovro Dojmi. In this way, the trainees were trained in wound dressing, and many of them became nurses in the partisan detachment. Dr. Asim Opija\u010d was also one of the doctors in Mostar, like Hlubna, Mari\u0107, and Rajkovi\u0107, to whom Dr. Safet Muji\u0107, the founder of the wartime hospital in Borci at the \u0160anti\u0107 Villa, provided lists for the delivery of necessary medical supplies and medications. With their help, regular procurement of medical supplies and medications from Mostar and Konjic was established in the city. He also treated wounded fighters who returned home for recovery. He was arrested in 1945 and transferred to the Jasenovac concentration camp, where he was soon liquidated upon arrival. Dr. Asim Opija\u010d was the brother of Adila Feji\u0107<\/a>, who lost four sons and a daughter in the National Liberation War (NOR). Besides Dr. Opija\u010d, his brother was also killed in the NOB. He was the father of one child and married to Vjekoslava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vjekoslava Opija\u010d, wife of Asim Opija\u010d, gave the following statement after the war on June 5, 1945:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“On January 14, 1945, around 10 o’clock at night, the aforementioned agents (Her\u0161ek Janko Vjekoslav, Duman\u0111i\u0107 Ivan Pa\u0161ko, editor’s note) came to my house and arrested my husband Asim, stating that they had an order to arrest him. The order was from the Mostar police, whose chief was Soji\u0107 and his deputy was Grgi\u0107. In Mostar, he was only in prison for two days and on the third day in the morning, he was transported together with Smailaga \u0106emalovi\u0107, Bla\u0161ko Sli\u0161kovi\u0107, Dr. Slovini\u0107, and many others. Approximately 15 days after my husband’s arrest, two Ustasha men who were couriers from Jasenovac came to me and brought the news that my husband was interned in the Jasenovac camp. Soon after, Mostar was liberated, and I lost all contact with him. Asim complained to me several times that he couldn’t bear Dr. Nahi\u0107, who was his administrative superior and always caused conflicts. I don’t positively know if Mahi\u0107 had any involvement in that arrest. I also heard that Dr. Ri\u0111anovi\u0107 couldn’t stand him either because at one dinner where, among others, there were Lieutenant Domobranstvo Gala and State Prosecutor Niko Grabovac, he stated that Asim Opija\u010d should also be arrested. Gala and Grabovac could testify to this.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. ASIM OPIJA\u010c, son of AHMET, born in 1896 (according to some sources, 1898) in Stolac (or Domanovi\u0107i). One of the pre-war doctors, he worked at the People’s Health Center (DNZ) in Mostar. The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) established contacts with certain prominent individuals at the beginning of the war who were willing to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25734,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[305,320,328,309,307],"tags":[330,311,358],"prezime":[429],"class_list":["post-13088","partizan","type-partizan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-35-g-en","category-logori-en","category-poginuli-1945-en","category-poginuli-u-hr-en","category-jasenovac-en","tag-foto-en","tag-logor-jasenovac-en","tag-medicinari-en","prezime-o-en","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"ptb_metabox":{"ptb_partizan_izvori":"

\u0106emalovi\u0107, Enver (1986): Mostarski bataljon<\/a>; Sulejman Muli\u0107 (2012): Zdravstvene prilike u Hercegovini tokom Drugog svjetskog rata sa posebnim osvrtom na Konji\u010dko podru\u010dje, BOSNA i Hercegovina 1941: novi pogledi : zbornik radova \/ [glavni i odgovorni urednik Husnija Kamberovi\u0107]. - Sarajevo : Institut za istoriju; grupa autora (1961): Hercegovina u NOB 1. dio<\/a>, Beograd, Vojno delo; Halilbegovi\u0107, Nihad (2006): Bo\u0161njaci u jasenova\u010dkom logoru<\/a>, Sarajevo; grupa autora: Spomenica Mostara 1941-1945.<\/p>\r\n

Photo of the memorial plaque<\/em>: S. Demirovi\u0107, photo of the fighter: brochure \"Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru\". Assumed dr Opija\u010d: the photo is right behind Sofija One\u0161\u0107uk and the age of the person in photo corresponds to dr Opija\u010d's.<\/p>","ptb_partizan_datum_rodzenja":"(1896. Stolac \u2013 1945. Jasenovac)","ptb_partizan_godina":"49","ptb_partizan_galerija_1":{"url":["http:\/\/partizansko.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dr-Asim-Opijac-zapisnik.jpg"],"link":[""],"title":["Minutes of the City Commission for Investigating the Crimes of the Occupiers and Their Helpers No. 233 of June 5, 1945."],"description":[""]},"ptb_partizan_poruka_":"Do you have more information about this fighter? Share<\/a> your stories and photographs. Let's keep the memory alive!","ptb_partizan_ploca":{"1":"http:\/\/partizansko.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Opijac-dr-Asim-IMG_2940-rotated.jpg","2":"http:\/\/partizansko.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Opijac-dr-Asim-IMG_2940-rotated.jpg"},"ptb_partizan_spisak_info":["partizan_spisak_info_1","partizan_spisak_info_2","partizan_spisak_info_3"]},"ptb_taxonomy":{"category":[{"term_id":305,"name":"35+ y\/o","slug":"35-g-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":305,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":83,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":320,"name":"concentration camps","slug":"logori-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":320,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":89,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":328,"name":"died in 1945","slug":"poginuli-1945-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":328,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":197,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":309,"name":"died in HR","slug":"poginuli-u-hr-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":309,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":114,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":307,"name":"Jasenovac","slug":"jasenovac-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":307,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":52,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":330,"name":"foto","slug":"foto-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":330,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":288,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":311,"name":"logor Jasenovac","slug":"logor-jasenovac-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":311,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":47,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":358,"name":"Medics from Mostar supporting the antifascist movement","slug":"medicinari-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":358,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"Mostar doctors and nurses assisted city activists, underground members, and fighters in the Battalion throughout the entire war, risking their own lives. They often collected medicines and medical supplies for the unit and treated the fighters who returned to Mostar for recovery. Dr. Safet Muji\u0107 deserves special mention for organizing a field hospital in Borci.","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw"}],"prezime":[{"term_id":429,"name":"O","slug":"o-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":429,"taxonomy":"prezime","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw"}]},"ptb_featured_image":{"url":"http:\/\/partizansko.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Opijac-dr-Asim.jpg","title":"Opija\u010d dr Asim","caption":""},"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partizan\/13088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partizan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/partizan"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partizan\/13088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14560,"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partizan\/13088\/revisions\/14560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13088"},{"taxonomy":"prezime","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partizansko.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prezime?post=13088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}