They wear masks defy CV to pay tribute to the legacy of Tito

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04 May 2020, 10:20 am

Belgrade REUTERS

Four decades after the death of Yugoslavia's lifetime dictator Josip Broz Tito,a few dozen visitors anxious to honour the memory donned face masks against the CV to visit the compound in Belgrade that houses his grave.

Tito died may 4th 1980,and his funeral was attended by presidents,prime ministers and Kings from 128 countries,about 700,000 people.

Despite the CV dozens were allowed inside today,far fewer than previous years,when hundreds marked his grave.

Tito a metalworker from Croatia,led communist fighters against Nazi Germany in world war 2,securing his grip over Yugoslavia for the next 35 years.

In 1948 he turned away from Soviet bloc in a delicate balancing act with the west,using Yugoslavia as a buffer between adversaries in the cold war.

Many said Tito was a brutal dictator who stifled dissent and sent adversaries to prison camps,others say it was a period of peace and prosperity.

It would be an absurdity to make parallels between then and now,those times can not be repeated,said Tibor a biker from the northern city of Novi Sad.

R.I.P Josip Broz Tito


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