Silly Serbs (NEW)

Abramović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia, on November 30, 1946. In an interview, Abramović described her family as having been "Red bourgeoisie."[8] Her great-uncle was Varnava, Serbian Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.[9] Both of her parents, Danica Rosić and Vojin Abramović[8] were Yugoslav Partisans[10] during World War II. After the war, Abramović's parents became "national heroes" and were given positions in the postwar Yugoslavian government.[8]

Abramović was raised by her grandparents until she was six years old.[11] Her grandmother was deeply religious and Abramović "spent [her] childhood in a church following [her] grandmother's rituals – candles in the morning, the priest coming for different occasions".[11] At the age of six, when Abramović's brother was born, she began living with her parents and took piano, French, and English lessons.[11] While she did not take art lessons, she took an early interest in art[11] and enjoyed painting as a child.[8]

The timeline of events is hazy, but it appears that as the French were advancing up the slope, sipahis were sweeping down along the flanks in an envelopment. Accounts tell of the Hungarians and other nationalities in confused combat on the plain and of a stampede of riderless horses, which Tuchman speculates pulled free from their tethers, at the sight of which the Transylvanians and the Wallachians concluded that the day was lost and abandoned the field. Sigismund, the Master of Rhodes, and the Germans fought to prevent the envelopment with "unspeakable massacre" on both sides.[24] At this point, a reinforcement of 1,500[24] Serbian knights under the command of Stefan Lazarević proved critical.[20] Sigismund's force was overwhelmed. Convinced to flee, Sigismund and the Master managed to escape by fisherman's boat to the Venetian ships in the Danube.[24] Count Hermann of Cilli, governor of Habsburg Carniola and a cousin of Sigismund's deceased wife, led the force that allowed the escape and would later become the king's father-in-law. Bayezid and his vassal Stefan Lazarević recognized Nicholas II Garai, Lazarević's brother-in-law, fighting on Sigismund's side. A deal was made, and Sigismund's army surrendered, completing their defeat in detail