The bodies of civilians executed by German troops hang in the Pancevo city cemetery.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 90680

Overview

Caption: The bodies of civilians executed by German troops hang in the Pancevo city cemetery.

The top hat on the Serb at the extreme right was placed on the man's head by German troops as a joke.
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 CORPSES EXECUTIONS HANGINGS JEWS (YUGOSLAVIAN) SERBS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) YUGOSLAVS
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Yugoslavia -- GENERAL -- Aktionen: Arrests/Executions -- Towns P