Serbians in Michigan

Index

97 Index A ajvar (eggplant relish), 82 Alexander, Crown Prince, 43 American Bar Association, efforts to disbar lawyers suspected of communist sympathies, 32 American Communist Party, Serbian chapter, 28 American Federation of Serbian Sisters Circles of St. Sava Monastery, 41–42; split over loyalty to Bishop Dionisije or Patriarch German, 43–44. See also Serbian Sisters, Detroit local affiliates American Serb, 55 American Serbian Memorial Hall, Detroit, groundbreaking ceremony, 67 American Socialist Party (ASP), 28 American Srbobran, 53–54 anti-communist organizations, 60–61 anti-immigration movement in U.S., 28–29 Artos (golden loaf of bread), 49 Association of Serbian Fighters, 61 Association of the Royal Yugoslav Army, 61 Atlantic Charter, 55 Austro-Hungarian Empire: efforts to remove South Slavs from area, 10, 18; invasion of Serbia during WWI, 10, 70; Karlovac and Krajina region under control of, 10 automobile industry, 20; IWW drive to organize, 27–28; Serbian workers in, 20, 23 B badjinaks, 51 badnjak (yule log), 50 98 Paul Lubotina Badnji Dan (Christmas Eve), 50 Balkan Wars of 1990s, 13 Battle of Kosovo, 1389, 1, 47 becar (bachelor) dance, 69 benevolent societies, Serbian, 25–26 Berlin Wall, fall of, 61 Bjelac, Predrag, 75 Bjelajac, Ljuba, 42, 43 “blind pigs,” 22 blood revenge (krvna osveta), 17, 38 Blue Danube, Detroit, 67, 68 boarding houses, Serbian, in Michigan, 21–23 Bogdanovich, Peter, 75 “Bohunks,” 20 Boldirev, Ivan, 75 Bolshevik Revolution, 28 Bosnia-Herzegovina, 10, 13 Bosnjakovich, Ljubomir: “Albanska Golgota,” 70 Bozich. See Christmas (Bozich) celebrations Brkovich, Mike, 75 Broz, Josip “Tito,” 11, 12, 30, 55–56, 60 Buick, David, 20 Bulgarian independence movement, 13 Butcher’s Club, Detroit, 67 C Calumet, Michigan copper mines, 20, 23, 24 Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, 24 cesnica (Christmas cake) recipe, 84 Cetinje, Montenegro, 7; description of inn near, 19 cevapcici (broiled meat links) recipe, 82 Chapin, Irena Shatrich, 82 Chesnica (Christmas cake), 52 Chetnik Movement (Ravna Gora), 55, 61 chicken soup (pileca chorba) recipe, 81–82 choral groups, 69–70 Christmas (Bozich) celebrations, 50–52 Christmas cake (cesnica), 84 Christopher, Louis, 25, 55 Church, Lazar: “Underground in America,” 26–27 circle (kolo) dance, 68–69 Circle of Queen Mary (Kolo Kraljica Marija), Clairpointe, 42 Circle of Serbian Sisters (Saveza Kola Srpskih Sestara), 41, 45 citulja (book with names of deceased family members), 48 Clinton, William Jefferson, 69 Convoy’s, Detroit, 67 Crlenica Brothers, 66 Crnojević, Stefan, 7 Cukelja, Louis “Lou,” 75 Cuvarkucca (“Protector of the House”), 49 D Dabovich, Fr. Sebastian, 52 dancing, Serbian folk, 68, 68–69 Danilo Nikola Petrocić, Bishop-Prince, 7 Dayton Peace Accords, 13 Dazgich, Jeromonah Nikolaj, 43 Debs, Eugene, 28 Detroit, Michigan: automobile manufacturing, 20, 23; cigar factories, 39; first Serbian Orthodox Church, 52 Detroit Serbian Orthodox Church, 29 SERBIANS IN MICHIGAN 99 Detroit Serbian School, Clairpointe, 42 Dictionary of Races, 20 Dillingham, William, 20 Diocesan Observer, 44, 60 Dionisije Milivojevich, Bishop, 43, 61; campaign to stop communist expansion in Europe and U.S., 54, 55, 56–57; conflict with Patriarch German, 44, 56–57; construction of new churches in Detroit area, 59–60; excommunication from Serbian Orthodox Church, 57; occupation of St. Sava Monastery after schism, 57–58 direct action, 26–27 Displaced Persons Act of 1948, 30 Divac, Vlade, 75 Djordjevich, Alexandra, 66 Dodge brothers, 20 Dokich Dynasty, 66 Dragovich, Vuko, 59 Drekich, Pat, 44 Duchich, Mitchell, 55 Duquesne University Tamburitzans, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 69 Durant, William, 20 Dušan, Stephan, 6 Dušan, Urosch, 6 E Easter, celebration of, 49–50 Eastern American and Canadian Diocese, 58 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 69 Embassy of the Republic of Serbia website, 79 epic folk stories, 1 F Federation of Serbian Sisters Circles. See American Federation of Serbian Sisters Circles of St. Sava Monastery Federation of the Circle of Serbian Sisters for the Midwest Diocese, 44 Felbarth, Wayne, 60 Firmilian, Bishop, 57–58, 59 First Serbian Brotherhood Benevolent Federation of America, 25 Flint, Michigan, 20 Ford, Henry, 20, 23, 27 Ford Motor Company, 23, 28 fraternal organizations, Serbian American, 25–26 Free American Canadian Diocese, 57, 60, 61 G gajde (bagpipes), 66 Garasanin, Ilija, 10 General Motors Company, 20 German, Patriarch, 43, 58, 60; conflict with Bishop Dionisije, 44, 56–57, 58; death of, 61 Glusac, Michael, 75 Gostovich, Marcus, 23 Gouze, Matt, 69 Grand Rapids, Michigan, 20 Grigorije, Bishop, 58, 59 guslari (male folk singers), 64–66 gusle (single-string fiddle), 64 H Hajdukovich, Saveta, 84 Haywood, William “Big Bill,” 26, 28, 29 Hitler, Adolf, 11, 54 100 Paul Lubotina Holy Ascension Church, Encorse, Michigan, 59–60 Hornovich, Sophie...