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Article: SERBIA: ANNIVERSARY OF TITO'S DEATH MARKED IN BELGRADE...(Josip Broz Tito)(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 8, 2000
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Jovanka Broz, who is the widow of Josip Broz Tito, laid a wreath at the Belgrade tomb of her husband to mark the 20th anniversary of his death on 4 May. An unspecified number of family members, World War II veterans, and primarily elderly Communists also paid their respects. Josip Broz, who is a grandson of the late leader, denied charges made in recent years that Tito was a dictator, "Vesti" reported. Broz argued that his grandfather allowed the student protests of 1968 to take place and dealt with the issues that the students raised "by ...