1945 Origins

Slobodan's childhood home in Belgrade

Childhood home in Belgrade

S.D.Paich was conceived on the eve of the announcement of the capitulation of Hitler's Germany in the spring of 1945. The parents gave him the name Slobodan which means "one who is free."

Slobodan's childhood home after World War II

Childhood home after World War II

Slobodan's mother

Mother Gordana Gertrude ne. Spitz

Slobodan at six months old

At six months old

Slobodan's father

Father Petar, known in the Resistance Movement as "Los"

Badly burnt family photo

Photos of Slobodan's ancestors who were lost in WWII, with the exception of his mother.