German troops and local residents attend the public hanging of 22 civilians in the Pancevo city cemetery.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 90681

Overview

Caption: German troops and local residents attend the public hanging of 22 civilians in the Pancevo city cemetery.
Date: 1941 April 23
Locale: Pancevo, [Serbia; Vojvodina] Yugoslavia
Variant Locale: Pancsova
Panchevo
[Banat]
Serbia
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
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.

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Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 338-Cases Tried--box 515--file 000-21-30

Keyword: AKTIONEN (AGAINST NON-JEWISH POPULATION) CEMETERIES CLOSE-UPS CORPSES EXECUTIONS HANGINGS JEWS (YUGOSLAVIAN) SERBS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS YUGOSLAVS
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Yugoslavia -- GENERAL -- Aktionen: Arrests/Executions -- Towns P