said that "I saw in Serbia with my eyes as the Piedmont of Serbdom, I couldn't see anything else..." and that his idol was "the national guslar (poet) singing Serbian songs". It was later found that Mehmedbašić had in fact proved the trial false. Serbia's Supreme Court retried the case and all defendants were exonerated (rehabilitated) in 1953. He survived the war and arrival of the Serbian army in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the "happiest day in his life". Mehmedbašić was commuted and released in 1919. Interwar period and death After World War I, Mehmedbašić returned to Sarajevo and in 1919 was pardoned. Mehmedbašić was killed during World War II by the Ustaše on 29 May 1943. He was buried in the Butmir district of Sarajevo, on the outskirts of the city. References Sources 1880s births 1943 deaths 20th-century Serbian people Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Austro-Hungarian rebels Black Hand (Serbia) Bosnia and Herzegovina civilians killed in World War II Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims Bosnia and Herzegovina people of World War I Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina People executed by the Independent State of Croatia People from Stolac People from the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Recipients of Serbian royal pardons Serbian people of World War I Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Young Bosnia