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Zhila approached him and asked about his life, his family and felt an irresistible desire to destroy the calmness of Vukašin. The killer said he would spare his (Vukašin's) life if Vukašin cried loudly: "Long live Ante Pavelic!". Ante Pavelic was the leader of Ustashe. Vukašin, who saw a knife in the hands of the soldier, replied calmly: "My child, you do what you must", and refused to obey the soldier`s request. The Ustashe soldier brandished his knife and cut off Vukasin`s ear. The soldier then repeated his request. Vukasin repeated his answer. The soldier then cut off Vukašin's other ear, followed by his nose, and then scarred Vukasin`s face. Next his tongue was cut. After repeating the request to Vukasin to utter the vicious words and hail the Head of Ustaše (Ante Pavelic), Vukasin once again calmly replied: "My child, you do what you must". Distracted, the soldier eventually killed him, and afterwards went mad.
Right after the death of Vukasin, Zhila could not kill any more and lost the bet to another killer, Petro Brzitza. He started to often see a vision of Vukasin saying "My child, you do what you must". And this phrase in the head became so unbearable to him that he started to drink a lot of alcohol, running around and attacking random people trying to suppress this memory. The story of martyrdom of Vukasin Vukašin was written by doctor Nedo Zetz Zets in the hospital from the words of the killer.
At the regular session of the [[Holy Synod|Holy Assembly of Bishops]] of the [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church]] in 1998, Vukašin, from the Klepci village, was entered into the List of Names of the Serbian Orthodox Church as a martyr. His feast day is May 16 ([[Julian Calendar]]).
* Joachim Wertz. [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/serbian_newmartyrs.aspx On the Serbian Orthodox New Martyrs of the Second World War: A Brief Historical Background]. ''Orthodox Life'', Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1983), pp. 15-22.
* [[w:New_Martyr#Serbian_New_Martyrs|Serbian New Martyrs]] at Wikipedia.
* {{Ru icon}}[http://www.pravmir.ru/mucheniki-jasenovats/ Martyrs from the camp of Jasenovac.]* {{Ru icon}} [http://www.blagodrevo.ru/slovo/sluzhby/1032--------619.html Service to St. Vukasin. May 6/19.]
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