Until 1990, Belgrade was considered one of the safest metropolises in the world. There was almost no crime, the streets were absolutely safe. In 1992, Belgrade almost won the organization of the Summer Olympic Games, and the main motto was "Belgrade is the safest city". Due to everything that started happening in the country, in last moment the Olympics were awarded to Barcelona... and all this chaos seen in the film escalated in just 2 to 3 years, which gives the whole story and how the people of Belgrade felt even more weight. The great injustice was done by the cruel destruction of a wonderful country, which was called Yugoslavia. Evil times, it did not happen again to anyone.
Compare with London, Malmo or Paris and you'll see that today Belgrade is the safest of them all. Yugoslavia was a fake country in which one ethnic group asserted dominance over others, by controlling all the institutions of cultural, political and monetary significance. Nation = a state in which an ethnic group has a complete freedom to determine how they live, i.e. sovereignty and political self-determination. That's the best way to assure good relationship between neighbors: put a strong border between them, so they both know who owns what (an old Balkan saying: "We don't want what is yours, but we don't let anyone take what's ours").
@@ccdsds3221 Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but those are all exact numbers, due to mass legal and illegal immigration that's still ongoing. Even the mainstream sources will tell you that, it's just that they will celebrate diversity while doing it, instead of cursing the loss of sovereignty of native people onto whom this destruction is imposed on (because they are White Europeans). I noticed you haven't complained about English. Because you recognize that's true or is that also false?
@@thunderstruck1078 Can you back that claim though? I do not care about media outlets and what they have to say... Your point is only true if you think people born in France/UK from immigrant parents are not considered french/english etc. But that would mean Americans don't exist and people living in USA are germans/english/irish/slavs etc...
And this is just 1% of criminals in 90's😂😂😂 the song from beogradski sindikat "svedok saradnik" is made for arkan and legija and "alal vera" is Describes all situation durning 90's...crazy time that was...pozdrav za vas braco nasa💪🇬🇧🇷🇸
Well I am 45 and still standing. I can only say that the whole story is much much longer and more tragic. There is so lot more to say about 90s in Serbia and the way how we survived. My wife and step children are American and I tried to describe them everything, but I know they can't ever understand it and I am so grateful they won't. Big hugs and greetings from Serbia.
The inflation in those days was something like this: Avg salary was 5GBP nowdays, and the prices were skyrocketing during the day. So for your salary, in the morning, let's say you could buy a meal for a day for your family, but in the evening, you couldn't buy a bar of soap. The currencies were billion and million dinars at that time, you can google it. One part of the ''normal people'' were smuggling mostly ciggarettes and fuel, second group were private laborers, and the third group were the people who didn't know their way around. Those were the people that would fight each other in the lines for bread, flour, cooking oil etc.. Serbia was mad during the 90s, this is just a small part of a life back then. But with that diesel culture, everything went downhill. Even now, young generations want everything and they want it now, and Serbia isn't a country where you can make shit happen with your two hands and hard work. So the quickest way is the darkest way. Peace brothers
@@genghiskhan9455 War,total UN sanctions ,country braking apart,companies failing one by one because they could export not import ..it was just everything in ones so government losing practically all the revenue from taxes and still have to pay public sector ,pensions,military was printing money more and more like crazy..so in 1993 we got hyperinflation ..it ended in january 1994..there was still some inflation after that but milion times less
@@genghiskhan9455 because they print money,which was worthless,to have for salarys and that paper have bigger value that its nomination,we have 500 000 000 000 which is completely insane.During that period you can buy groceries,petrol,medicine,clothing only out,in the strrets,shops were empty,everything was empty we were under UN embargo. Nothing was working,we have no production and only income was pyramidal scam by a state who took last savings from citizens. In the morning you want to buy cheese,but if you late,they add paper with 3 or 4 zeroes on the price and instead of 100 000 you must pay 1,10 or 100 millions.....
The best picture about Serbia in the 90s you can see in the movie "RANE" (WOUNDS). Story about criminals at that time. Same movie director made another movie called "LEPA SELA LEPA GORE". That is a story about war in Yugoslavia. Movies are not that dark. They even have fun moment, but you have meaning in every single sentence, situations and scene.. Maybe you will not understand them like we do, since we are living here, but worth to watch. You do not need to make impressions about them, just watch them in your private time.
"Lepa sela lepo gore" is a great and scary movie, it describes how the politics and profit divided people who were earlier at peace, and made horror which we feel even today. I get goosebumps only when I talk about it... The sad thing is that Kristijan Golubović, the one with kilos of chains around his neck, is now famous and can be seen on TV, nowadays presenting himself as some sort of an artist. Creepy...
Just imagine this: my mother receive in sallary at 09:00 in cash, and when she finish her job in 15:00, she goes to grocery and can buy 2 breads… I remember when 1 bread cost 1.200.000.000.000 dinars… Believe me, i did not make typo… :)
The Wounds - Rane (1998) - IMDb rating 8.0 That's real picture of life in Serbia in that time. 1h 43min Long. My friend from neighborhood told me about your videos. You do an interesting job, both of you.
The craziest thing is that if you live in such an environment, all this is normal for you. I am 1978 from Belgrade. The nineties, when I remember now, were total madness. In elementary school, when I was 12, a friend brought a gun to shoot bottle.Couple of us failed to hit the bottle from a distance of 5 meters.It was normal for me then, now that I remember I get chills :)At the same time, almost all of us were from families that used to be middle class.When the war starts and sanctions, everything goes to hell very quickly.
Da jebote preko noci se pretvorili u pucace .Nedelja pre podne,sta cemo da radimo,eee imam ja neku bombu aj da je bacimo. Bacili je u sherwoodu i produzili dalje u dan kao petardu da smo bacili...sacuvaj boze
Born in1976 , grew up in New Belgrade. Still live there. F`d up times, the 90`s , never would wish to go trough something like that again, but for some reason I remember those time fondly .
You must understand one thing, for some people who watched this documentary back then this was exactly that, documentary about hard gangster life and what our country became, but for lot of kids and young people who was growing up in that time this was some kind "how to". Lot and lot of young boys died truying to became gangsters like some of "heroes" from this documentary, just luckie ones from that circle ended up in prison. I say boys because most of them was younger than twenty yo. That was a very hard times to normal living and to grow up, sad but true.
Pink panthers - the currently most wanted gang has his roots in BAlkan. And honestly if u wanna see true colors of us watch "Smrt Jugoslavije" . It includes everything. From yugoslavia,through wars,separation,Hague and war criminals, '90gangs,military and end is by the beginning of the 2000s. . .
The reaction of London RU-vidrs to my documentary "See you in the obituary" was mostly an open mouth for the entire duration. It is a special bizarre that the two of them will earn much more than 100 DM for this video with a lot of views, which was my fee for the 1995 film. Janko Baljak, film director
Tako je i zato treba bjezati iz te PROKLETE ex-yu bilo gdje. Ja sam prvom prilikom kad je Hr usla u EU otisao u Njemacku, nek im sad mater radi za 100DM/€ !
I was born in 1990. Guys, just to understand what it was like during 90' in Belgrade. I have a distinct memory of waking up as a kid and the first thing on the news you ll see is how many were killed the previous day/night and who they were. Also, this documentary doesn't cover how many political figures and especially journalists were killed during this period and throughout the 2000'. It was just a complete madness. Nothing has changed much in terms of quality of life, and I am honestly afraid that we might be sliding down this madness again.
You said right thing "Imagine being American rich guy in Monaco live your life and some Serbian guy came to you and took it". That's the whole point of that time! Inflation, war, poor life people was like wait a minute we will show you who we are!
There was graffiti on one of the high schools in Podgorica in that time: He who learns will know, he who steals will have, Ko uči znaće, ko krade imaće
the grafitti in the schoolyard of the Belgrade s top high school Third grammar school said - Dao bih sina za kilo heroina - I would give away my son for a kilogram of heroin, in rhyme in serbian
I'm a young guy from Serbia, born in 2000s, but if i'm not wrong i think at some point in the 90s, there was a 500 billion dinar banknote, our history teacher showed us one
You guys are doing very good job. I have one suggestion for You, you need to find there in London someone from former Yugoslavia who can explain You Balkan slang. Greetings from Belgrade.
Watch series "Dosije" that Is about 90's and it tells too deep about this era in Belgrade and its much better explained , and every mobster from Belgrade its mentioned also ,and guys just keep up u are great and u have big support from Serbia ❤️
Brothers, you must watch the documentary "Dosije Zemunski klan" .It is a mafia that emerged in early 2000, and it is the strongest organization in the Balkans, they also killed our Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
Big shout out to you brothers, i really apriciate for your reactions and your support for belgrade and serbia. You should come, visit and feel belgrade... Its a wonderful city. Peace
Anthem of that period is song Dee Monk- Samo zelim da znam, which we can hear sometimes in this documentary movie... Song tells us about that period, about Belgrade, about angels above the city (death souls)
Well, since you've started unveiling the dark theme of 90s in Serbia/exYu, and going into OG Serbian rap with Beogradski sindikat, one of the things that you'd definitely find interesting is the song "Svedok saradnik" as it explains characters like Arkan, Legija, and many more that remained in the shadows, listening to directions, owning small to medium companies and a lot of real estate in Serbia, Montenegro and so on. Enjoy!
Almost everybody from this documentary killed in few years. This is the like 10% what's really going on. Living in 90this whas very dangerous, but in some weird way also more honest than now. I'm not from Belgrade, but spent allot time in 90this there. Really Crazy, crazy time, also in the rest of Serbia. Allot good memories from this point of view and time distance. I see from your videos ( music) that you guys understand allot people from Balkan and Serbia. My greetings to everyone in the balkans and especially to you guys.
They were hard times, I lived there when I was a kid, now I'm 35 and some pictures will never go out of my head. I liked your reaction to the darkness that surrounds us even today.
This is the great example to respect Novak Djokovic's eforts for being such amazing guy....i hope you will change your thougts about him after this....(not all)
Bro "the strongest film of all time" please bro don't embarrass the rest of us. Plus all of your comment seems as you lived and "played" in 90's. 99% of you wasn't even born back than cause if you was none of you mofo would comment like that. Glorifying idiots that couldn't put two sentences together.
Very fun video! Just ran into your channel in recommended. I just wanted to let you guys know that it's not that you're not comprehending what they're saying, but the translation is quite bad at some points, sadly. For example, at 21:30 when he says "igrom slučaja" it's translated "by accident" when in fact a more proper translation would be "by chance"/"as faith would have it". Word "slučaj" means "case", but if you word it "slučajno" it means "accidentally", if you word it "slučajnost" then it becomes "coincidence". So it can cause a bit of confusion if the person translating has a bit weaker English or Serbian, or both. Keep up the good work, gonna check your other vids after this one, and greetings from Serbia!
Arkan owned football club and riged serbian league and woned it even played in champions league.beore match with bayern munich he unleashed baby tiger to run free on the pitch while bayern munich players are warming up to scare them
I remember this shitty time very well, my childhood. Although it still seems to me the most beautiful part of my life, I still think that children deserve better conditions for growing up. What currently scares me is the current situation, which is nothing but the mutated nineties. , crime, misery ... it is a shame to be honest, hardworking and politically undecided.Between politics and crime you are free to put a sign of equality. Flocks of vultures are trying to expose the last traces of meat from the corpse of poor and centuries-old tormented Serbia.
I lived that time, went through it all, happiness or destiny who knows? Still alive with bullet scars! It was far from happening again! Happy with my family these days.
I have lived, at that time, near the caffe where some of members of Vozdovac clan used to gather. As i remember, 2 attempts of assasination of Goran Vukovic happened near that cafe, which was located 150m tops from my apartment. I remember night chases through the park by my building and gunfights. I was kid back than it was all happening in the period of 3-4 years. Even knew some of guys mentioned or filmed in this documentarym but didnt know who were they.
@ 17:00 One of the rival gang's leaders said that they are not bosses either in their own street and not even at the whole city so they came up to his hood to take a photo with his unprotected Porsche in front of his building and they put that in daily stamp interview....big balls homies...big balls 😁
We Serbs are good people, a false image has been created of us being terrorists, growing up to hate. We like to get to know each other and make new friends. He supports. You guys are good guys.
There are lots of good people..but i see lots of people who are proud at this types of documenatries..i dont think this is something u want forengers to watch
I grew up in such hood in Belgrade during those days. Criminals everywhere, even nerds had to fight off bullies and guys who wanted to take your money from school lunch. But now it's much better and different. You can feel it, it's still there, that atmosphere around some people, but I'm happy when I come back to my hood and see everyone made it, and having families. It's just good feeling since we went through a lot.
The way those people word and phrase their sentences in this movie has become legendary in Serbia (especially in original Serbian, some of it can't even be properly translated into English). The phrase "Tiny swam, plenty of crocodiles" (mala bara mnogo krokodila) has become a proverb today. All of the criminals interviewed and presented in the film are dead today (except Kristian Golubovic who is still in and out of prison nowadays). Some of them have been murderer during the production of this movie. Dreadful times, it was a surreal hell on earth. The dark abyss of war, apocalypse, crippling economic sanctions, murders, poverty, waves of refugees, totalitarianism, hyperinflation, thrashy and ugly bad taste, crime, scams and international isolation. Damned and cursed 1990's! God forbids!
My father was a bouncer at a Belgrade club during the 90s. He said that people would come to the clubs with 2 pistols. One that the bouncer takes, and the other that the bouncer doesn’t know about. This was a time in Serbia where you could get your head caved in just for looking at someone for too long. It was a time when every young boy was trying to prove they were macho. Sadly many of those young boys died. Many who weren’t even 21 years old yet. My father told me sometimes he would get close with one of the guys in this video and then the next day he would find out that they have been killed. It’s a tragic tale of a once beautiful and prosperous city
Respect guys, you made a great documentary, a serious, difficult story. The real guys lost their lives in that crazy time, and the worst are rich today, they rule either way, those who watched all this from their seats were Daddy's communist sons, paid young "hot heads" to do their job and here we are today, unfortunately !!! As crazy as they were, they were brave, very good people, great friends, from an ordinary beggar to ... they would find a way to help everyone .... Giska was GOD !!!
When Grof talks about jail and tells about "hitting people". He is not talking about punches or kicks, he was STABBING ppl.
2 года назад
Was a 9-10 year old boy living in Belgrade back then while my parents were imprisoned on the "other side of the frontline". It was mad. One time a bullet ricochet off the wall near us while we were hanging out in the hood in front of the buildings. Duck dooown boy! HAHA! Greets from Serbia! Keep it real! Luv!
In the 90s, girls also took part in crime as much as men, I speak from personal experience, I survived Italy with hardened mafias from Albania, Naples, Calabria and our EU republics, it was bloody and we were treated the same as men, but I survived them, the main slogan of those years was LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG AND BE A BEAUTIFUL CORPSE! Still alive and on her feet! I think I'm not the only one, I know a lot of them who, unfortunately, are no longer with us, but they were fearless!!!Greetings from a brave girl to you and all the fearless girls of the 90s
I see that you released the documentary, and I am very positively surprised. I have a recommendation for you and I think it is an extra documentary and I also think that many will like it. It is a film by Boris Malagurski, a Serb living in Canada. Please react on the film WEIGHT CHAINS 1,2 and 3 part.Thanks a lot.
Longest period under hyperinflation. My father told me that it was kind of if u dont buy something right away when u get your salary, by the time you get home u cant buy anything with that money, it lost value...
Great observations gents, .I am a Serbian woman living in Toronto Canada. I was 18 years old during the time of the war in Serbia and living in Serbia with my grandparents. It was a horrible time in our country's history. Inflation was out of control. People would work all months and when they received their monthly paycheck by the time they walked across the street to the bank to cash it it was worthless..... you could see money and paychecks all over the streets during these times.
Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸... This was a strange days (quote by Jim Morrison)... Dangerous time, dangerous people. Same thing now, but now criminals are better organized by state... 😉 Yes, that's reality... Did you hear about Stevan (Stevica) Marković? He was good friend with Alain Delon, better friend with Delon's wife... Early 70th in France. Did you know who was being project in Ian Fleming mind when his write about 007, search that guy's... Also there's a plenty of book on this theme by Bulatović, Puzo, Pekić etc...
2 года назад
Cheers! I was 17-18 years old at the time of those events. Sanctions and war imposed that on us.
Lol mine whole teenager days runned in that period of time 90-95, but i didn't go their way cuz you know bro, we know how all they end...2 metra bez geometra...BTW Arkan married Ceca 95', he was killed 2000.
At that time, Serbian crime was the strongest in Europe, we were all afraid. black brothers, our Serbian mentality is fucked up. There are a lot of good people here, and when they do good, they do their best, but when it's bad, we are the worst🙂
Hey guys, I don't know if you'll see this, but I had to write because I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing this for the Serbian people. I've been in Croatia for a year now, working as a bartender in a beautiful hotel. The owners are great, colleagues are cool here and there, but unfortunately, the manager decided not to accept me as a colleague but as "there's no place for you here." At first, I channeled that frustration through training and running, in the end, it turned out great because I intentionally didn't bring my car so I wouldn't have anywhere to spend money, but running took me around most of the city. Anyway, it's starting to bother me now, and I've allowed myself to let such a low person ruin my days like today. But when I come home, shower, and watch one of your videos, it totally recharges my batteries for further work. Peace, brothers. ✌️😃
haha kako se cude svemu,a jbt ovakav dokumentarac je jedinstven u svetu ne znam da su igde nivinari uradili ovako nesto,pricali sa mafijom otvoereno vozili se snjima u kolima i td ovo je epic.
And the funny thing is that Belgrade now is, I can say safe city. There is crime, but it's like everywhere. And what is also funny, they said about New Belgrade: the poorest part of the city...And now is one of most expensive parts of the city and business area.
@@abc-eq9so ma gde nije, ja živim u Skåne, ceo Skåne, pogotovo Malmö i Helsingborg opkoljen garavim budalama, koji su u suštini pojedinačno jajare, ali se drže zajedno i zbog toga su jaki... nije mi svejedno kad ih vidim petoricu, šestoricu kako idu prema meni, a odrastao sam u Beogradu i nisam cava... uglavnom, sad je loša situacija, i biće još gora, polako...
Brothers,thank you for having interest in Serbian past and culture, I think many of us would appreciate if you can see and give us your opinion on movie called “Težina lanaca 3” by Boris Malagurski. Thank you in advance.
