His father, Sigismund, was a doctor of Polish origin,[2] and his mother Persida was a granddaughter of Nikola Stanojević, a lord from Zeoke and nephew of voivode Stanoje Mijailović, who was killed during the First Serbian Uprising.

[3] Not being able to enroll in the regular army, since he was only 17 years old, he joined the volunteer guard of Vojvoda Vuk, a Chetnik unit, in the war against the Ottoman Empire in 1912.

[5] In 1915 he participated in many battles, survived the Serbian army's retreat through Albania, and was one of the first who reached the top of the impregnable Kajmakčalan.

[2] In 1937 Krakov became chief of Propaganda for Zbor thanks to Dimitrije Ljotić and subsequently, the editor-in-chief of the pro-Nazi Obnova newspaper, hailing from Belgrade.

[4] In his autobiography "Život čoveka na Balkanu" ("Life of a Man from the Balkans"), which was published posthumously, Stanislav wrote: I felt all the high points of success and all the bitterness and humiliation when you reach the bottom of human society.