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German soldiers and other spectators look on as 18 civilians are shot against the wall of the cemetery in Pancevo.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 18641
German soldiers and other spectators look on as 18 civilians are shot against the wall of the cemetery in Pancevo.

German soldiers and other spectators look on as 18 civilians are shot against the wall of the cemetery in Pancevo.

Date
1941 April 23
Locale
Pancevo, [Serbia; Vojvodina] Yugoslavia
Variant Locale
Pancsova
Panchevo
[Banat]
Serbia
Photo Designation
INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Yugoslavia -- GENERAL -- Aktionen: Arrests/Executions -- Towns P
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Henry Landman

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Event History
The action was carried out on orders from the city commander, Lieutenant Colonel von Bandelow, in reprisal for the killing of 4 German soldiers by civilians on 18 April 1941. Altogether 22 civilians were hanged in the cemetery, while 18 more were publicly shot against the cemetery wall by troops with the "Grossdeutschland" regiment.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007886. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005456.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Henry Landman
 
Record last modified: 2001-07-20 00:00:00
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