 In 1993, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts listed Nedić among "The 100 most prominent Serbs".Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, local councillors in Smederevo campaigned to have the town's largest square named after Ljotić.The councillors defended Ljotić's wartime record and justified the initiative by stating that "[collaboration] ... is what the biological survival of the Serbian people demanded" during World War II.