Selected records from the Military Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia related to the criminal investigation of war crimes on the territory of Yugoslavia during WWII

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.427.1 | RG Number: RG-49.012

Overview

Description: Records of criminal investigations and trials pertaining to German, Hungarian, Italian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Slovenian war criminals accused of war crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Yugoslavia during WWII. In addition to the Belgrade trials, the war crimes trials also took place at the Military Tribunals held in Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Ljubljana.
Date: inclusive: 1944-1949
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Reference: Milan Koljanin, "Sources historiques concernant la Shoah en Serbie", Jacques Fredj (ed.), Les Archives de la Shoah, Paris (CDJC/L'Harmattan), 1998, p. 315-332 (especially p. 324-326).

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Permission is required from the source archive for reproduction or duplication for other archives.
Copyright Holder: Vojni arhiv (Belgrade, Serbia)

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Serbia--20th century. War crime trials--Serbia--History--20th century. War criminals--Serbia--History--20th century. Jews--Crimes against--Serbia--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Serbia. Executive departments
Geographic Name: Yugoslavia--History--Axis occupation, 1941-1945. Serbia--Ethnic relations. Serbia--Politics and government--1945-1992--Sources. Serbia

Holder of Originals: Vojni arhiv (Belgrade, Serbia)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Vojni arhiv, Serbia (Military Archive-The Republic of Serbia Ministry of Defense). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Oct. 2019.