Dimitrije Ljotić Dimitrije Ljotić ( ; August 12 , 1891 , Belgrade - April 23 , 1945 , Ajdovščina ) was a Serbian politician and Nazi German collaborationist during World War II . Biography . Although born in Belgrade he spent most of his life in Smederevo . His Serbian ancestors came to Serbia from the village of Blace in what is today Greek Macedonia during the first half of 19th century . His father Vladimir Ljotić had a notable political and diplomatic career during which he was a consul in Thessaloniki , mayor of Smederevo and a Member of Parliament in the Serbian Parliament . Dimitrije started his education in Smederevo , before going on to graduate at the age of 16 from the Serbian lycée in Thesaloniki , and concluding his education by graduating at the University of Belgrade ' s Law School . During the Balkan wars he volunteered for military medical service . In 1913 he stayed in Paris where he remained until the beginning of World War I ; soon after he returned to Serbia and enlisted in the Serbian Army . After the Great War he served as commander of a railway station in Bakar , Croatia where he broke a railway strike arresting 36 workers . This event proved crucial in his life and career since it determined his choice to become a politician rather than a clergyman . In Bakar he met his wife Ivka , with whom he moved back to Smederevo in 1920 and started practicing law . In Smederevo he joined the People ' s Radical Party soon becoming president of the Youth branch . In 1931 King Alexander I proclaimed him Minister of Justice in the government of Petar Živković , in which capacity he would make a new draft Constitution and present it to the King . He proposed voters should vote in free and secret elections whilst candidates would be nominated by non - governmental organizations . The King refused his proposal and Ljotić resigned from office . After the resignation he worked on gathering people who shared his vision and beliefs . On January 6 , 1935 , Dimitrije Ljotić was elected president of the newly formed party ZBOR which some compared to fascist movements in other countries . In the same year his party won 0 . 86 % of the vote , and continued receiving similar election ratings until the beginning of World War II . After Yugoslavia had been attacked by Axis he volunteered to the Army and as a reserve officer went to Bjeljina , where he was greeted by news of capitulation and consequently went back to Smederevo . He soon joined negotiations with the German occupation forces to form a civil government in occupied Serbia , the so - called Commissar administration , but refused to join in the government . After the demise of the Commisar administration , a new civil government was formed headed by Milan Nedić , a man Ljotić nominated personally . Ljotić declined once more to join the government , but two ZBOR members did not share his choice . One of the two , Mihailo Olćan , proposed the formation of the Serbian Volunteer Corps which would engage in fighting against the partisans , having Dimitrije Ljotić as their ideological leader . As the end of the war was approaching Ljotić , together with most of Serbian anti - communist forces , sought refuge in Slovenia ; there he was scheming , with Slovenian collaborators , for the restoration of the Yugoslav monarchy . His driver Ratko Živadinović had very bad vision . During the night they had been stopped by a Slovenian road patrol and forewarned that road was severely damaged ; a few minutes later they fell from a broken bridge into a river . Both Ljotić and his driver died at the scene . Dimitrije Ljotić was buried in Šempeter pri Gorici , Slovenia .