After graduating from college, he returned to Sarajevo with his wife, but was soon arrested and sent to Ustasha-run concentration camps, including Jasenovac, from where he escaped in 1944.
After graduating from college, he returned to Sarajevo with his wife Matusjin. He was arrested on 23 June 1941 and sent to Ustasha-run concentration camps, including Jasenovac, from where he escaped in 1944.