Secret societies and tyrannicide
Žerajić and Špiro Soldo were leaders of the secret society "Freedom" () established in 1905/1906. Žerajić's friendship with Vladimir Gaćinović and his attempted assassination of Varešanin also inspired the members of the revolutionary movement Young Bosnia, including Gavrilo Princip. Gaćinović was the real ideologue of the revolutionary movement Young Bosnia and advocated tyrannicide as a method of political struggle. Some authors, including Vladimir Dedijer, emphasise that the basis for this method of political struggle is the cult of "Kosovo tyrannicide". Žerajić was first to apply that method in the practice. When Franz Joseph I of Austria visitedAttempted assassination of Varešanin
Žerajić decided to assassinate General Marijan Varešanin, the governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after an article written by Risto Radulović, who argued against dispiritedness in the public life of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In his article, Radulović explained that he did not see glorious moments of the nation or a single tragedy, which he believed to be was necessary to temper the struggle. When Žerajić read those words he yelled, "There will be a tragedy!" On 15 June 1910, Žerajić attempted to assassinate Varešanin on the day of opening of the Austro-HungarianAftermath
Žerajić's assassination attempt had a significant influence on youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina. New revolutionary circles were established in Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla and Banja Luka. An evening before the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, Čabrinović and Ilić visited the grave of Žerajić for the last time. Žerajić's proclamation "He who wants to live, let him die. He who wants to die, let him live", was quoted by Gavrilo Princip in one of the songs he wrote (). The official press in Bosnia and Herzegovina and most of the newspapers from Serbia described Žerajićs attempt as the action of a mentally ill person. The older generation of Serbs in Sarajevo had a similar position.See also
* Gavrilo Princip * Vladimir Gaćinović * Jovan Skerlić * Nadežda PetrovićCitations
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