Proclamation issued by Chetnik commander Kosta Milovanovic Pecanac which calls upon the Serb population to fight against the Communist partisan rebellion led by Josip Broz Tito.

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Overview

Caption: Proclamation issued by Chetnik commander Kosta Milovanovic Pecanac which calls upon the Serb population to fight against the Communist partisan rebellion led by Josip Broz Tito.

The proclamation, which bears the stamp of the Gorcki-Moravskog Chetnik Command, orders all those hiding in the forests, not under Chetnik command, to return to their homes within 8 days or face punishment by death. The document further states that anyone who has tried to damage state-owned or private property such as railroads, bridges, roads and buildings, or property belonging to the occupying power, will be punished by death.
Date: 1941 August 27
Locale: [Serbia] Yugoslavia
Variant Locale: Serbia
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Muzej Revolucije Narodnosti Jugoslavije

Photo Source: Muzej Revolucije Narodnosti Jugoslavije

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: M 528/21

Keyword: CHETNIKS COLLABORATORS DOCUMENTS PECANAC, KOSTA SERBS YUGOSLAVS
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Yugoslavia -- GENERAL -- Documents/Notices