Life of a army General of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Croatia – Panta Draškić in Varaždin (Summary)

Radi neslaganja s generalom Petrom Živkovićem, osobom koja je imala velik utjecaj na kralja Aleksandra, general Panta Draškić premješten je u Hrvatsku te je svoj prvi službeni kontakt s Varaždinom ostvario 1927. godine. U Varaždin je došao s obitelji te je uz redovne vojničke obaveze, sudjelovao i u društvenom životu grada. Aktivno je podupirao rad onih varaždinskih organizacija koje su promovirale integralno jugoslavenstvo, ali i karitativne organizacije. Nakon što se Draškić i u Varaždinu opravdano sukobio s osobama koje su uživale veliko povjerenje P. Živkovića, uslijedio je u ljeti 1931. novi premještaj kada je trajno napustio grad. Njegov slučaj je zanimljiv i stoga jer su mu oproštajnu večeru organizirala lokalna varaždinska društva koja nisu promovirala unitarističku ideju jugoslavenstva, već su u svom nazivu i dalje nosila Hrvatsko ime. Može se pretpostaviti kako su suvremenici poštovali Pantu Draškića jer s njim nije bio zabilježen niti jedan izgred, a sam je očito poštovao zajednicu u kojoj je živio. Istovremeno na oproštajnoj večeri nitko od vodećih ljudi grada nije bio prisutan što je sam Draškić potvrdio u svom dnevniku. Vjerojatno se nisu htjeli zamjeriti P. Živkoviću i na taj način ugroziti svoje političke pozicije. O ovoj temi će se vjerojatno moći više saznati daljnjim arhivskim istraživanjem te možda objavom preostalog djela Draškićevog dnevnika.Because of his non agreement with General Petar Živković, a person close to King Alexander, General Panta Draškić was transferred to Croatia, and his first official contact with Varaždin occurred in 1927. He came to Varaždin with his family, and with his regular military duties, he participated in the social life of the city. He actively supported the work of those organizations in Varaždin that promoted integral Yugoslav idea, and also charitable organizations. After Draškić clashed with those who have enjoyed great confidence of P. Živković in Varaždin, followed in the summer 1931 permanent transfer from the city. His case is interesting because booth his farewell dinner’s organized local Varaždin civic organizations – those who promoted unitary Yugoslav idea, and others who still had a Croatian name in their title. It can be assumed that contemporaries respected Panta Draškić because there are no records of incident with him, and he obviously respect the community in which he lived. At the same time, no one of the city board leading men attended to the farewell dinner, as Draškić later confirmed in his diary. They probably did not want to antagonize P. Živković and thus endanger their political positions. This topic will be probably able to learn more by further archival research and the publication of the remaining Draškić’s diary