Josip Broz Tito blog 6

Tito died on May 4 1980. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “The irony of his remarkable life is that he created the conditions for the eventual destruction of his life long effort. Instead of allowing the process of democratization to establish he constantly upset the work of reformers even though he created a federal state and promoted self management but he never gave up on the party’s monopoly of power. He died too late for constructive change, too early to prevent chaos.” Tito’s critiques accuse him for the atrocities over prisoners of war in Slovenia and Croatia and particularly for the, “Terror against supposed ‘Cominformists’ (pro Soviet) that took place on the Croatian island of Goli Otok. Between 1949 and 1942 over 12,000 people passed through its gates. Many of the inmates were there on the strength of an unsubstantiated denunciation, or, for example, for the crime of listening to radio of Moscow. Prisoners were beaten, degraded, and humiliated, although they were not killed. But Tito and his lieutenants claimed not to have known about this, (Barnett, 87)

In private, Tito was known as accomplished photographer, “With great patience and virtually professional skill, Tito develops his own color photographs” (Eterovic, 97). He was fond of literature, movies, and he was an animal lover who always kept a few dogs in his residence. He also enjoyed good food and wine, hunting and travelling, and was renowned for his impeccable style and elegance. The hallmark of his style was fine Cuban cigars.  Tito carried on numerous affairs and was married several times, and had many children; he spent the second part of his life with his last wife Jovanka Broz (nee Budisavljevic).   

Tito’s funeral was the greatest in recent history and was attended by numerous state delegations and delegations of parties and organizations. State delegations were led by presidents, prime ministers, kings and princes from around the world, such as: West Germany (Helmut Schmidt, Hans Dietrich Genscher), United Kingdom (Margaret Thatcher, Prince Philip), Netherlands (Prince Bernhard and Prince Claus), Norway ( King Olav V), Sweden (King Carl Gustaf XVI), etc.   

 Tito was a speculative man with manz controversies, however,he was a great leader who freed Yugoslavia from the imperial NAZI German Occupaton and he formed the Socialist Federal Republik of Yugoslavia which hada great growth in all aras specially in Military areas,which proved that Yugoslavia had one of the stongest army forces in the whole south east Europe. He was the president and the former of the non alligned block. 

During his life Tito received numerous foreign awards and decorations from the countries all around the world such as: United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, etc.

All in all, Tito was an extraordinary person who led a remarkable life. During his life he was both loved and hated, but above all he was highly respected by both friends and enemies. He left a lasting mark on the history of the 20^th century, and, as any great man, he has done many extraordinary and  successful things along with many mistakes, which is only human.