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

Photograph | Photograph Number: 90680
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.

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 Designation
INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Yugoslavia -- GENERAL -- Aktionen: Arrests/Executions -- Towns P
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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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.

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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
 
Record last modified: 2018-02-08 00:00:00
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