During the German occupation of Serbia in World War II , Nedović was arrested along with many citizens in the Kragujevac massacre on 21 October 1941 . However , he was spared as a famous writer , and deported into the Dormagen detention camp in Germany , where he would spend the rest of the war . When he returned from the detention , he found that most of his lyrics were lost . Undeterred , he continued on songwriting . With several fellow composers , he formed the " First union of composers and writers of songs and dances with popular motives "
Kragujevac massacre
Kragujevac massacre
Dragiša Nedović