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Gruban (other)
Gruban may refer to: * Gruban Malić, fictional character and anti-hero in Miodrag Bulatović's novel ''Heroj na magarcu ili Vreme srama'' (Hero on a Donkey) *''Gruban v Booth ''Gruban v Booth'' was a 1917 fraud case in England that generated significant publicity because the defendant, Frederick Handel Booth, was a Member of Parliament. Gruban was a German-born businessman who ran several factories that made tools f ...'', 1917 fraud case in England See also * Groban (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gruban Malić
Gruban Malić is a fictional character and the anti-hero in Miodrag Bulatović's novel ''Heroj na magarcu ili Vreme srama'' (''Hero on a Donkey''). Scholar Vasa D. Mihailovic has described the character as a "tragicomical anti-hero" and is "a combination of Don Quixote and Soldier Schweik, without the sad resignation of the former and the wisecracking of the latter." Malić received media attention due to a 1995 hoax that began with Yugoslavian war correspondent Nebojša Jevrić began telling an American journalist about a war criminal by the name of Gruban Malić, who had committed the most rapes while serving as a guard at the Omarska camp. The story of Malić spread and culminated in Judge Richard Goldstone and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia including the character on a list of Serbian war criminals. After the list was made public the hoax was quickly detected but the charges against the character were not dropped until 1998. Jevrić later pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gruban V Booth
''Gruban v Booth'' was a 1917 fraud case in England that generated significant publicity because the defendant, Frederick Handel Booth, was a Member of Parliament. Gruban was a German-born businessman who ran several factories that made tools for manufacturing munitions for the First World War. In an effort to find government contracts and money to expand his business, he contacted a businessman and MP, Frederick Handel Booth, who willingly promised both. Booth sought agreement from Gruban to have 10% of a large order's price, to be hidden from the rest of the Board; tricked Gruban into transferring the company, and had him interned under wartime regulations to prevent a claim against him. Gruban successfully appealed against his internment and as soon as he was freed brought Booth to court. The case was so popular that the involved barristers found it physically difficult to get into the court each day because of the size of the crowds gathered outside. Although those on both s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
