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At the end of World World War II and liberation of Belgrade, a capital of Yugoslavia on 20 October 1944, during their retreat, the Nazis have mined Stari savski most ("The Old Sava bridge"), in order to stop the progress of the Soviet Red Army and the People"s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia that were chasing them. They would have got away with it if there was not Miladin Zarić, a school teacher and a plain civilian with a considerable experience in demining gained previously during Balkan Wars and First World War. The importance of his act is even bigger considering that the next bridge connecting Belgrade and Syrmia was in Šabac, 90 kilometers away.
Zarić was born in Seča Reka near Kosjerić, in 1889.
He participated as a reserve officer in the Balkan wars, when cleared the bridge on the river Šemnica near Bitola, as well as in the First World War, during which he survived the retreat through Albania. After the war, he was a teacher in Kovilj and Užice, and later became a head of the primary school in his native Kosjerić, then moved to Žarkovo, the village near Belgrade, and then in elementary school, "Janko Veselinovic", in which he worked during World World War World War II According to the testimony of his disciples, Zarić was a virtuous and noble man, also a dedicated teacher who tried pass his knowledge and positive life values even during the war, regardless of the time of war and the difficulties which are all facing.