DOCUMENTS OF THE ARCHIVES OF VOJVODINA
F. 562, PERSONAL FONDS OF SLAVKO ODIĆ (1915–2006), 1909–1983,
DOSSIER OF THE COMMANDER OF THE SECURITY POLICE
AND THE SECURITY SERVICE IN BELGRADE REGARDING
USTASHA CRIMES (1941–1942)
Brief Summaries of the Documents
No. 1
On July 26, 1941, the Field Command Zagreb reports to the German general in Zagreb on crimes against the Serbs, the reaction of the Croatian population thereto, the accusations against the Wehrmacht of their tolerating persecutions, and about sabotage acts, persecutions of Jews and the reaction of Italians.
No. 2
On January 30, 1942, the Field Command Zagreb reports on mass crimes against the Serbs in Glina, around Glina and in Vrginmost from May to September 1941, as well as on the reaction of the Minister of the Interior Artuković.
No. 3
On January 30, 1942, the Field Command Zagreb reports on the mass killings in Bihać and Velika Kladuša, on the killing of children and the ban on the burials of the killed.
No. 4
Report of the commission for the inspection of mass graves from Pećigrad, of August 20, 1941, after visiting several mass graves near Velika Kladuša, with a proposal of measures to prevent spread of infection.
No. 5
On August 29, 1941, the district chief from Velika Kladuša submits to the Municipality of Velika Kladuša a finding on the sanitary condition of the new graves and demands that the proposed measures be implemented as soon as possible.
No. 6
The request of Dušan Grozdić, a merchant from Bjelovar, to the German Commander of Belgrade on September 24, 1941, for the recovery of his valuables and the money taken by the commander of the camp in Bjelovar, from where he and his wife had been expelled to Serbia.
No. 7
On October 9, 1941, the Commissioner for Refugees, Popović, informs the German Commissioner for the Relocation SS Major Weinmann, that the Ustasha authorities had recently killed about 500 Serbs on the streets of Sremska Mitrovica.
No. 8
Statement of Jovan Belajčić from Osijek at the Commissariat for Refugees on October 9, 1941, about the deportation of Osijek Serbs to the camp in Slavonska Požega, from where they were transferred to Serbia.
No. 9
The resolution of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Muslim leaders published in Sarajevo on October 12, 1941, by which they distance themselves from the policy of the Ustasha state, because it leads to the downfall of Croatian Muslims.
No. 10
Abwehr’s note, sent to the Chief of the Wehrmacht Supreme Command and Abwehr Chief on September 30, 1941, about the Ustasha mass killings of Serbs of all ages in the vicinity of Sarajevo, as the only cause of the uprising for which German soldiers would suffer the consequences.
No. 11
Captain Höffner reports on November 5, 1941, that he had received a resolution from the Bosnia-Herzegovina Muslim leaders and conveys his opinion on the circumstances of the resolution adoption, the causes and consequences of the mass killings of Serbs and the need for autonomy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
No. 12
Captain Höffner reports to the office of the German general in Zagreb on November 10, 1941, about the relation between the Croatian armed forces and the Ustasha units, favouritism toward the Ustashas, their weak combat capacity and the Ustasha massacres of Serbs as the only cause of the uprising.
No. 13
Protest letter by the Muslim leaders from Banja Luka to two Muslim representatives in the NDH government on November 12, 1941, in which they complain about the massive killings and looting, the proselytism of the Roman Catholic Church which also threatens Muslims, pointing out that the uprising was used by the Communists and requesting legal and property security.
No. 14
Sergeant Bublik reports to the Intelligence Department of the Military Commander in Serbia on November 17, 1941, about the main role of the Secretary of State of the Independent State of Croatia, Eugen Kvaternik, in carrying out terror against Serbs.
No. 15
On November 28, 1941, the Administration Staff of the Military Commander in Serbia submits a confidential report on Communists in the ranks of the Ustashas to the head of the German police in the NDH, Beisner, requesting verification.
No. 16
Sergeant Bublik’s report to the Command Headquarters in Serbia on November 26, 1941, about the persecution of the Serbs in Pakrac, that these are led by former communist officials with the help of Catholic clergy, that local Ustasha leaders are getting rich by looting, and that measures against Jews are milder than those against Serbs.
No. 17
Report of the district chief from Bijeljina to the Police Administration in Zagreb on November 29, 1941, about the attack of the Chetniks (insurgents) on Koraj, the number of the dead and the accommodation of refugees.
No. 18
Report on the attack of insurgents (Chetniks-Communists) on November 27, 1941 on the village of Koraj in the Bijeljina district, when the village was looted and burned, and a large number of inhabitants were killed, as well as on the killing of Serbs as the cause of the attack.
No. 19
On January 20, 1942, the police institution from Brod na Savi reports to the Ustasha Inspectorate about the insurgents’ attack on the village of Koraj, the number of killed inhabitants and destroyed houses, as well as the return of the survivors.
No. 20
Report of the Volksdeutscher local group of Brčko, to the district leadership on December 7, 1941, on the Ustasha revenge for the insurgents’ attack on Koraj, the burning of several Serbian villages, massive killings and looting, as well as the annoyance of the population due to insecurity.
No. 21
Excerpt from a refugee’s statement about the crime against the Serbs in the village of Rogulje, Zrinj Municipality, Dvor na Uni Municipality in December 1941. Thereafter, the survivors fled to the forest.
No. 22
President of the Ministerial Council, Nedić informs Chief of Administration Staff Turner on December 5, 1941, about the killing of Serbs and the burning of the villages of Bačuga, Glina District, and the mass killing and looting of nine Serb villages from Glina toward Karlovac, emphasizing that this hindered the Serbian Government action aimed at pacification.
No. 23
On December 27, 1941, President of the Ministerial Council, Nedić informs Chief of Administration Staff Turner about the mass killings of Serbs and the burning of villages from Brčko to Tuzla, and about the situation in Brčko asking him to take measures to stop the persecutions of Serbs by the Croatian authorities.
No. 24
Minutes with the statement by Đorđe Vujnović from Obudovac, December 22, 1941, about the forced conversion to Catholicism and killing of Serbs in Brčko, about the mass killings of Serb civilians in the villages between Tuzla and Brčko and about the killing of all Jews in Brčko.
No. 25
On January 6, 1942, a major from the Administration Staff in Serbia submits to SS Major Beisner in Zagreb the report of Prime Minister Nedić for the Commander in Serbia, with a request to check the allegations as soon as possible.
No. 26
Excerpt from the report of Captain Höffner from the office of the German general in Zagreb, dated January 8, 1942, on the situation in the Croatian concentration camp Jasenovac.
No. 27
Statement of a Serb from Pakrac who escaped from the Jasenovac camp, i.e. Stara Gradiška, after being detained from the end of December 1941 until the middle of January 1942.
No. 28
Commissioner for Refugees Maksimović submits to SS Major Weinmann on January 15, 1942, a statement by Julka Škara from Topusko, about the crimes of the Ustasha authorities.
No. 29
Statement of Julka Škara from Topusko, given on January 5, 1942 at the Commissariat for Refugees, about the crimes of the Ustasha authorities.
No. 30
Report from Brčko, January 15, 1942, on the massive arrest of Muslims and other violence of the district chief Montani, as well as on the Communists’ attack on the Jasenovac camp.
No. 31
Report from Brčko, January 19, 1942, on the killing of the Serbs from four villages, on the sufferings of the imprisoned Muslims and Serbs in Brčko, and on the new killing and looting of the Serbs.
No. 32
Letter from the Serbs of Jablanica to the Gestapo in Sarajevo on January 19, 1942, in which they seek protection after the announcement of the proclamation of the Ustasha Militia at Konjic on the collective responsibility of the Serbs for any attack by the insurgents.
No. 33
The proclamation of the Ustasha Military Command in Konjic to the Serb population of the Konjic District, on December 24, 1941, that in the event of sabotage or murder they committed, both they and their property would be destroyed.
No. 34
Excerpt from the report from January 19, 1942 on the conflict between the insurgents and the Ustashas and Home Guards in Kometnik, which was followed by a massacre of Serbs from Kometnik in Voćin.
No. 35
Excerpt from a report of January 19, 1942, according to which the Ustashas took away women and children from the village of Lisičine and looted food and livestock.
No. 36
On January 26, 1942, the Commissioner for Refugees submits to SS Major Weinmann the statement of a Croat woman about the Jasenovac camp, the statement of Vlado Marković, about the terror against the Serbs in Brčko, and asks for help.
No. 37
The statement of a Croat woman, given in Belgrade on January 1, 1941, who learned from her relative, a Croatian colonel, that the detainees in the Jasenovac camp were massively suffering from hunger, disease and that they were being killed.
No. 38
Vlado Marković’s statement at the Commissariat for Refugees on January 24, 1942, about the mass arrest of the Serbs in Brčko, torture, forced conversion to Catholicism and imprisonment of a group of Serb women.
No. 39
On January 26, 1942, Commissioner for Refugees Maksimović submits to SS Major Weinmann the statement of student Nada Trninić about the terror of the Ustashas in concentration camps in Croatia.
No. 40
Statement of Nada Trninić from Sarajevo at the Commissariat for Refugees on January 22, 1942, about the detention in the Ustasha camps in Gospić, Kruščica and Loborgrad and about the situation in these camps.
No. 41
Report of the Commissioner to the SS Captain Rexeisen of January 28, 1942, on the situation in eastern Bosnia, especially in Tuzla and Brčko, the economic catastrophe, the mass crimes of the Ustasha authorities against Serbs and Jews, and their forced conversion to Catholicism.
No. 42
On January 29, 1942, the Administrative Staff of the Commander in Serbia submitted to SS Major Weinmann a report on the activities of Field Command 816 for January 1942.
No. 43
Field Command 816 report to SS Major Weinmann for January 1942, on the situation in Podrinje and the expectation of a mass transfer of Serb refugees from eastern Bosnia after the withdrawal of German forces.
No. 44
Statement of Dragica Savanović from Ključ, given at the Commissariat for Refugees on January 30, 1942, about the massacre of Serbs and the forced conversion of survivors to Catholicism.
No. 45
On February 3, 1942, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Serbia, Benzler, returns to SS Major Weinmann the material related to the persecution of Serbs in Croatia.
No. 46
Report on the mass crime against Serbs in the mine of Rakovačke Bare and the villages of Drakulić, Motike and Šargovac from February 6 to 9, 1942, on the number of the killed, the identity of perpetrators and the intervention of Minister Bešlagić.
No. 47
Continuation of the report on the massacre in the vicinity of Banja Luka.
No. 48
Police note with the report on the massacre of Serbs in the vicinity of Banja Luka, with the remark that the document was obtained from Pero Kondić.
No. 49
Handwritten notes on the summons to Pero Kondić and a note that he was not found on February 26 [1942].
No. 50
On March 4, 1942, the SS captain invites Pero Kondić to report to the police headquarters to give a statement.
No. 51
On March 4, 1942, the SS captain invites Pero Kondić to report to the police headquarters on March 9, 1942, to give a statement.
No. 52
Lieutenant Schröter reports on March 9, 1942, that Petar Kondić does not live at the designated address.
No. 53
According to an excerpt from the daily report on the events of March 2, 1942, an Ustasha company massacred Serbs near Banja Luka, and because of that, the Croatian military command requests from the General Staff to intervene.
No. 54
Statement of a refugee from Banja Luka about the crimes of the Ustasha government against the Serbs and Serbian clergy.
No. 55
Excerpt from the statement of a refugee from Banja Luka.
No. 56
Another excerpt from the statement of a refugee from Banja Luka.
No. 57
Report of February 1942, on the crimes of the Ustashas in Banja Luka and its surroundings, in January and February 1942, as well as on the crimes of the Ustashas in some other parts of Bosnia and Croatia in 1941.
No. 58
Report of March 26, 1942 on the situation in western Bosnia in the period from April 1941 to March 1942, on the Ustasha killings of Serbs, the organization of the uprising, the role of the Communists and a new wave of killing of Serbs.
No. 59
On February 3, 1942, Commissioner for Refugees Maksimović reports to SS Major Weinmann on the persecution of Serbs in Pakrac, and their internment in the Jasenovac camp.
No. 60
Part of an article by the Italian journalist Corrado Zoli published in the Italian newspaper Resto del Carlino.
No. 61
The request of the Volksdeutscherin Kathy Salmaschy, of February 26, 1942, for the release of her son Emil, unjustly accused as a Chetnik, from the Danica camp in Koprivnica.
No. 62
Excerpt from the daily report on the events of March 8, 1942, according to which the NDH forces committed crimes against the Serb inhabitants in the vicinity of Olovo in February 1942.
No. 63
On February 16, 1942, the NDH Gendarmerie Command in Drinjača submits to the Tuzla Command a report on the Chetniks, their ties with Serbia, attitude to the Germans and the NDH, attempted negotiations, as well as on the situation in the Gendarmerie and Legion units.
No. 64
The head of the Operational Group of the Police in Sarajevo reports to the Commander of the Police in Belgrade, on February 17, 1942, about a new wave of terror against the Serbs and sending them to the Jasenovac camp.
No. 65
On March 2, 1942, the Commissioner for Refugees, Maksimović, submits to SS Major Weinmann a record regarding the taking of prisoner of war Đorđe Čalić to the Gospić and Jasenovac camps.
No. 66
Minutes with a statement by Dušan Čalić at the Commissariat for Refugees on February 26, 1942, according to which his brother was taken to the Gospić camp with other officers upon his return from captivity in Germany, and then to Jasenovac.
No. 67
On March 2, 1942, the Commissioner for Refugees, Maksimović, submits to SS Major Weinmann a record regarding the taking of prisoner of war Vasa Matijašević to the Jasenovac camp.
No. 68
Minutes with the statement of Jovan Rajačić at the Commissariat for Refugees on February 26, 1942, according to which his relative Vaso Matijašević was taken to the Jasenovac camp with other officers upon his return from captivity in Germany.
No. 69
According to the report of the commander of the gendarmerie of March 3, 1942, the Ustashas from Srem beat up Ferenc Jakob and forced the Serbs to convert to the Roman Catholic faith.
No. 70
The report of Gospava Džuvić from Kolimer, to the gendarmerie station in Tuzla on March 7, 1942, that the Legion had completely robbed her house, that she had fled to Simin Han with her children and that she had no means of subsistence.
No. 71
The report of Jova Džuvić from Kolimer, to the gendarmerie station in Tuzla on March 7, 1942, that the Legion had robbed him of everything on three occasions, that he had fled to Simin Han with his family and that he had no means of subsistence.
No. 72
The head of the Operational Command of the Police in Zagreb responded to SS Major Weinmann on March 18, 1942, regarding the report of Prime Minister Nedić on the atrocities in Croatia.
No. 73
According to the report of April 14, 1942, the Ustashas shot Serb students in Voćin, the forests are full of Serb and communist refugees, there are also Croatian deserters, there are no forest workers.
No. 74
According to the Commissioner’s report of May 9, 1942, the Serbs in Slavonia are exposed to Ustasha atrocities and forced conversion to Catholicism, so they have fled to the mountains, Croats are deserting massively, Hungarian troops will be brought in, and Italians have already been sent to Osijek.
No. 75
On March 27, 1942, the Commissioner for Refugees, Maksimović, sends to SS Major Weinmann a letter from a Croat to the Archbishop of Zagreb, Stepinac.
No. 76
Translation of the letter written by a Croat, sent from Zemun on February 8, 1942, to the Archbishop of Zagreb, Stepinac.
No. 77
Letter from the district authorities in Tuzla to all municipal administrations on March 27, 1942, about the recruitment of Serbs and their sending to work in German aircraft factories, whose families were guaranteed security by the military leader Kvaternik.
No. 78
Volksdeutscher Karl Heger reports on April 9, 1942, on the Croatian concentration camps in Loborgrad and Gornja Rijeka, which he managed, on the Đakovo camp and, in the utmost detail, on the Jasenovac camp.
No. 79
On April 9, 1942, the Border Customs Guard submits to the Commander of the Police in Belgrade a translation of the transcript of the order by the Supreme Chetnik Command in Yugoslavia from December 1941.
No. 80
Transcript of the translation of the instructions by the Supreme Command of the Chetnik units of the Yugoslav Army, to Major Đorđe Lašić and Captain Pavle Đurišić, dated 20 December 1941, on the objectives of the struggle and the methods for carrying them out, translated on 15 April 1942.
No. 81
On April 10, 1942, Commissioner for Refugees Maksimović delivers to SS Major Weinmann, at his request, 27 minutes of the interrogation of Serb refugees about crimes in the Independent State of Croatia.
No. 82
On April 11, 1942, Commissioner for Refugees Maksimović sends to SS Major Weinmann a series of photographs of Serbs released from the Loborgrad and Jasenovac camps and thanks him on their behalf.
No. 83
The statement of a refugee from Sarajevo who fled to Serbia on March 14, 1942, about the crimes of the Ustashas in Sarajevo, Sokolac and other places.
No. 84
A refugee’s statement about the crimes of the Ustashas against Serbs in the Dvor na Uni District and the looting of their property. They fled to Serbia on February 6, 1942.
No. 85
Statement of the refugee Olga Prpić from Jasenovac, given at the Commissariat for Refugees on March 7, 1942, about the crimes of the Ustashas in the Jasenovac camp and crimes against Serbs in the surrounding villages.
No. 86
Statement of a refugee from Prnjavor, about the crimes of the Independent State of Croatia against the Serbs in Prnjavor and the surrounding villages, forced conversion to Catholicism and flight to Serbia on January 21, 1942.
No. 87
Statement of two refugees from Bosanski Brod, about the crimes of the Independent State of Croatia in Bosanski and Slavonski Brod, forced conversion to Catholicism and dissatisfaction of Croats.
No. 88
Statement of five refugee women from Glina about mass crimes against the Serbs, massacres in the Glina church and forced conversion to Catholicism.
No. 89
Statement of a refugee from Topusko about the killing of Serbs in Kordun and Banija, forced conversion to Catholicism, about being taken to the Gospić camp, the uprising of the Serbs and about the joining of Croats to the insurgents.
No. 90
Statement of a refugee from Vrginmost about the Ustasha mass killings of the Serbs in Vrginmost and the surrounding villages, and about the killing in the Glina church.
No. 91
Statement of a refugee from Trebinje about the massacres of the Serbs in Trebinje and the surrounding villages, deportation to the Gospić camp and public humiliation of the Serbs until the arrival of the Italian soldiery in September 1941.
No. 92
Statement of a refugee from Prijedor about the Ustasha mass killings and looting of the Serbs in Prijedor and its surroundings, and the conversion of the remaining population to Catholicism.
No. 93
Statement of two refugees from Mrkonjić Grad on the killing and deportation of the Serbs, the uprising and the mass crimes of the Croatian army.
No. 94
Statement of two refugees from Sanski Most, about the mass killings of the Serbs in Sanski Most and the surrounding villages in July and August 1941.
No. 95
Statement of a refugee from Bosanska Krupa, about deportation to the Gospić camp and mass elimination of Serbs in Bosanska Krupa and its surroundings, by Ustashas and Muslim civilians in July and August 1941.
No. 96
Statement of a group of refugees about the mass killings of Serbs by gendarmes, Ustashas and Muslim civilians in Stabandža and other villages around Velika Kladuša in July and August 1941.
No. 97
Statement of two refugees about the mass killings of Serbs by Ustashas and Muslim civilians in the villages of Zborište and Čaglice near Velika Kladuša, in July and August 1942.
No. 98
Statement of a refugee from the village of Babina Rijeka near Kostajnica, about the killing and looting by Ustasha neighbors and the internment of Serbian women in August 1941.
No. 99
Statement of a refugee from the village of Utolica about the Ustasha killings of Serbs from Utolica, Rausovac, Krčevo and other villages around Kostajnica in July and August 1941.
No. 100
Statement of a refugee from Blatuša about the mass killings of the Serbs from Blatuša, Čemernica, Vrginmost, Perna and other villages by the Ustashas and the Croatian army in July and August 1941.
No. 101
Statement of the refugee Jekić Stevan from Banski Grabovac, Glina District, about the mass killing of Serb men by the Ustashas and the Croatian army, after an attack by unknown persons on July 24, 1941.
No. 102
Statement of the refugee Dušan Eremić from Vojnić about the Ustasha killing and looting of the Serbs in Vojnić and the surrounding villages, at the end of July and in August 1941.
No. 103
Statement of refugees Budimir Popović from Tremušnjak and Branko Tadić from Mačkovo Selo about the mass killing of Serb men from the villages around Banski Grabovac, after an attack by unknown persons on July 24, 1942.
No. 104
Statement of two refugees from Varoška Rijeka about the mass killings of the Serbs in their village and the surrounding ones, by Muslim Ustashas from Vrnograč and Bužim in August 1941.
No. 105
Statement of the refugee Branko Pajić from Cetingrad about the killing of the Serbs from Cetingrad by the Ustashas at the end of July and in August 1941.
No. 106
Geographical map of NDH. An overview of the towns and villages where atrocities and killings of Serbs were committed, to which the attached minutes of testimonies refer.
No. 107
Joint statement of nine former detainees on the situation in the Gospić and Jasenovac camps, given on 15 April 1942 at the Commissariat for Refugees, on behalf of a group of 13 former inmates released from the Jasenovac camp.
No. 108
Statement of Mirko Pajkić from Visoko on his detention in the Gospić and Jasenovac camps given on April 14, 1942 at the Commissariat for Refugees.
No. 109
A letter from Obrad Mićić from Tuzla to SS Captain Rexeisen on April 6, 1942, in which he announces a report on the work of the communists in Tuzla and sending things for his wife’s two brothers, as well as for himself.
No. 110
A letter from Obrad Mićić from Tuzla to SS Captain Rexeisen on April 16, 1942, about the conflict between the Chetniks and the Legion of Major Hadžiefendić which then carried out a great massacre of Serbs. Request for intervention.
No. 111
Report of a commissioner to SS Major Rexeisen, on the clashes between Partisans and Chetniks in Mt. Majevica in February 1942, the cooperation between the communists and Hadžiefendić’s Legion which carried out massacres of Serbs.
No. 112
Statement of Ilija Lekić from Požarnica, given in Tuzla on April 10, 1942, about the mass killings and looting of three Serb villages by the Muslim Legion.
No. 113
Report of Captain Manojlo Pejić to the Commander of the Bosnian Chetnik units on April 14, 1942, on the uprising in eastern Bosnia, cooperation between the Ustashas and the Communists, and on the Chetniks’ relations with the Croatian army.
No. 114
Report of Obrad Mićić to the leadership of the Zbor organization in Belgrade, on the situation in Tuzla and eastern Bosnia, in which he requests intervention due to the crimes of Hadžiefendić’s Legion.
No. 115
Statement of Drago Milenković, given on April 13, 1942 in Tuzla, he survived the massacre of the inhabitants of the village of Jegin Lug which had been carried out by Hadžiefendić’s Legion two days earlier.
No. 116
Statement of Stojan Ilić from the village of Jegin Lug on April 16, 1942, about the killing of all inhabitants and the complete destruction of the village on April 11, 1942, by Muslim legionaries.
No. 117
Statement of Petar Mekić from the village of Rajinci, Municipality of Kalesija, who survived the killing of all the inhabitants of the village by the Muslim Legion on April 14, 1942.
No. 118
Statement of Petar Mekić from Rajinci, given on April 16, 1942 in Tuzla, who survived the killing of the villagers by the Muslim Legion two days earlier.
No. 119
On April 16, 1942, a group of Serbs from Požarnica who reached Tuzla, sent a request to the German City Command, that the Wehrmacht save their and the surrounding Serbian villages from the Muslim Legion which had carried out the massacres in the neighboring villages.
No. 120
Report on the mass killings of the Serbs in the village of Kolimer and other Serb villages around Tuzla on March 8, 1942, by Hadžiefendić’s Legion.
No. 121
On April 25, 1942, Kostić submits to an SS captain reports and photographs of the atrocities by the Ustashas in Croatia.
No. 122
Report on the mass killings and tortures of the Serb inhabitants of the villages along the Drina while fleeing to Serbia by the Ustashas and Muslims in April 1942.
No. 123
Report on the imprisonment of the Serbs from the vicinity of Bijeljina in January 1942 and on the mass killings of the Serbs in the Bosanska Krupa District.
No. 124
Statement of Srećko Živanović from Repovac, Bratunac Municipality, given on April 11, 1942, on the Ustasha mass killing of Serbs on the Drina River.
No. 125
Statement of Branko Bulat, about a mass killings of the Serbs on the bank of the Drina by the Ustasha Black Legion in April 1942.
No. 126
According to the report of the German guard from the bridge on the Drina near Ljubovija on April 10, 1942, the Ustashas carried out mass rape and slaughter of Serbian women, which was followed by an exchange of fire between the Ustashas and the Germans.
No. 127
According to the report of April 11, 1942, at the elevation of Ljubovija, fire was exchanged with Croatian legionnaires who were killing Serb refugees on the bank of the Drina.
No. 128
On April 20, 1942, the Chief Medical Corps Officer at the Commanding General in Serbia sent to SS Major Weinmann a copy of Dr. Reuters’s report on his visit to the area with Serb refugees from Bosnia.
No. 129
On April 21, 1942, the Chief Medical Corps Officer at the Commanding General in Serbia submits to Dr. Major Weinmann Dr. Reuters’s notes on the situation on the Drina.
No. 130
On April 23, 1942, SS Major Weinmann returns the reports on Dr. Reuter’s official trip to the area with Serb refugees from Bosnia and to the sites of the Ustasha massacres of Serbs to the Chief Medical Corps Officer with the Commanding General in Serbia.
No. 131
Report of the Chief Medical Corps Officer of the Commanding General in Serbia on April 20, 1942, on the visit of Serb refugees from eastern Bosnia, Ustasha crimes, number of refugees, their accommodation and feeding.
No. 132
Dr. Reuters’ notes from April 21, 1942, about the mood after Dangić’s arrest, about the Ustasha mass killing of Serbs in Bjelovac, and dissatisfaction with the attitude of the Germans towards the Serbs.
No. 133
Excerpt from the note of the Chief Medical Corps Officer of the Commanding General in Serbia, dated April 21, 1942, about the visitation to the village of Bjelovac.
No. 134
Excerpt from the note of the Chief Medical Corps Officer of the Commanding General in Serbia, April 21, 1942, about the exhumation of a woman’s body near the Drina river.
No. 135
The Gestapo from Berlin reports to SS Lieutenant Colonel Schäfer, on April 20, 1942, that Eugen Kvaternik was denying the Ustasha massacres in Bosnia and that Himmler’s decision on the issue was awaited.
No. 136
On April 20, 1942, SS Lieutenant Colonel Schäfer submits to the Gestapo chief Müller information about the mass killings of the Serbs in eastern Bosnia by the Muslim Legion as the cause of the unrest and about the question of the responsibility of the Germans.
No. 137
SS Lieutenant Colonel Schäfer submits to SS Major Helm in Zagreb data on the mass killings of Serbs in eastern Bosnia by the Muslim Legion as a cause of unrest and on the issue of German responsibility.
No. 138
On April 22, 1942, SS Major Heinrich reports from Sarajevo to SS Lieutenant Colonel Schäfer about the large-scale arrest of Partisan aides in Sarajevo and the possible consequences of torturing prisoners.
No. 139
General Nedić reports to the German general on April 25, 1942, that he ordered a ban on shooting at the other bank of the Drina river and submits the report of the border guard near Ljubovija, according to which the Ustasha and the Mohammedans are killing all Serbs and throwing them into the Drina river.
No. 140
On April 28, 1942, SS Lieutenant Colonel Schäfer submits to SS General Meyszner reports on the atrocities of the Ustashas against the Serb population in the Independent State of Croatia, and especially in Bosnia, and on the possible consequences of the torture of arrested Partisan aides in Sarajevo.
No. 141
On April 28, 1942, General Nedić forwards a telegram to the head of the Administration Staff Turner, asking for permission for the Serbian refugees threatened with death by the Ustashas to cross the Drina.
No. 142
On April 28, 1942, the Chief of the Administration Staff reports to the Commanding General in Serbia that the Ustashas were opening fire on border guards and German soldiers, that they were massacring the Serb population on the bank of the Drina river, and appeals on him to put an end to those killings.
No. 143
On April 30, 1942, the Commanding General in Serbia submits to the Police Commander in Belgrade the latest reports on, and photographs of, atrocities in Croatia.
No. 144
Review of excerpts from the reports by the German military and intelligence commands on the brutal killings of the Serb population by Ustashas and Muslim legionaries in the Bosnian Podrinje area from April 1 to 22, 1942.
No. 145
Attachment to the overview of the report on the Ustasha mass killings of the Serb population on the bank of the Drina river, according to the reports of the members of the 714th Infantry Division from April 19, 1942.
No. 146
An intelligence report of April 24, 1942, according to which there are no more Serb settlements left in the area occupied by Francetić’s Ustashas, with a request to send a commission to determine the Ustasha atrocities.
No. 147
SS Second Class Lieutenant Engelmann reports on April 30, 1942, that Abwehr would send a commission to Bosnia to determine the atrocities of the Ustashas.
No. 148
On May 1, 1942, the commander of the police in Belgrade reports to the plenipotentiary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the mass Ustasha slaughters of the Serbs in eastern Bosnia, and the disappointment with German policy, which is beneficial to the spread of Italian influence.
No. 149
On May 1, 1942, the commander of the police in Belgrade reports to the Reich Security Main Office on the mass Ustasha slaughters of the Serbs in eastern Bosnia and the disappointment with German policy, which is beneficial to the spread of Italian influence.
No. 150
The letter “A New Order in Croatia” about the policy of annihilation of the Serbs that provoked the Serbian uprising, about the conflict between Chetniks and Partisans and the cooperation of Partisans with the Ustashas for the purpose of destroying the Chetniks and about their loyalty to the “new order”.
No. 151
Note of SS Major Heinrich, dated 23 April 1942, that he has received a leaflet which had been circulating among the population since October 1941.
No. 152
Letter from Major Dangić to the Commander of the Croatian army in Zvornik on October 30, 1941, in which he points out that they organized the struggle because of the unprecedented crimes of the Ustasha state against the Serbian people and calls on them to stand up against the criminals.
No. 153
Second Class Lieutenant Stölben’s report, May 3, 1942, on Croatian troops killing and looting Serb civilians on the bank of the Drina river near Miloševići.
No. 154
Report of NCO Wenzl from Mušići, May 4, 1942, on Croatian troops killing and looting Serb civilians on the bank of the Drina river.
No. 155
On May 4, 1942, Police Attaché Helm reports to Belgrade Police Commander Schäfer that Secretary of State Kvaternik had informed him, regarding the atrocities committed by the Muslim Legion, that a part of the Legion had been disarmed and that it would soon be disbanded.
No. 156
Review of the report of the commander of the 10th Volunteer Detachment Unit, at the beginning of May 1942, on the Ustasha killing and molesting Serb civilians, the permission given by the Ustashas to transfer part of the refugees to Serbia and on the talks with Ustasha commanders in Bajina Bašta.
No. 157
Review of excerpts from German military and intelligence reports on the Ustasha killings of Serb civilians and the torching of villages in Bosnian Podrinje, from April 23 to May 6, 1942.
No. 158
On May 11, 1942, the Commander of the Police in Belgrade sends to the Reich Security Main Office new reports and photographs of atrocities in Croatia.
No. 159
On May 11, 1942, the Operational Command of the Police in Zagreb informs the Commander of the Police in Belgrade that State Secretary Kvaternik had ordered a partial disarmament of the Muslim Legion and that the Legion would soon be disbanded.
No. 160
Report of the liaison officer in the Francetić group disputing the reports of mass killings and lootings; a report that Nova Kasaba was torched and that the Serb population was expelled or brutally killed by Muslim Ustashas.
No. 161
On May 16, 1942, the Commander of the Police in Belgrade sends to SS Major Helm in Zagreb new reports on Ustasha atrocities against the Serbs in Bosnia.
No. 162
The Sarajevo Operational Command reports to the Belgrade Police Commander on June 2, 1942, that an Ustasha non-commissioned officer had killed an entire family in Koševo near Sarajevo, but had been released.
No. 163
On June 4, 1942, the Commander of the Police in Belgrade informs the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin that an Ustasha non-commissioned officer had killed an entire family in Koševo near Sarajevo, but that he had been released.
No. 164
The branch office of the Commander of the Police in Loznica sends to SS Captain Rexeisen 6 photos of corpses washed onto the Serbian bank of the Drina river between Ljubovija and Zvornik.
No. 165
On November 20, 1942, the Commissariat for Refugees sends to SS Major Weinmann the statement by Glišo Mišković from Bešenovo, about the killing of 30 Serbs by Ustasha-Muslims in Stejanovci.
No. 1
ON JULY 26, 1941, THE FIELD COMMAND ZAGREB REPORTS TO THE GERMAN GENERAL IN ZAGREB ON CRIMES AGAINST THE SERBS, THE REACTION OF THE CROATIAN POPULATION THERETO, THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE WEHRMACHT OF THEIR TOLERATING PERSECUTIONS, AND ABOUT SABOTAGE ACTS, PERSECUTIONS OF JEWS AND THE REACTION OF ITALIANS.[1] Attachment 1[2]
No. 2
ON JANUARY 30, 1942, THE FIELD COMMAND ZAGREB REPORTS ON MASS CRIMES AGAINST THE SERBS IN GLINA, AROUND GLINA AND IN VRGINMOST FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1941, AS WELL AS ON THE REACTION OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR ARTUKOVIĆ.[1] Transcript! Attachment 2[2] Zagreb, 30 Jan. 42 Field Command Zagreb
No. 3
ON JANUARY 30, 1942, THE FIELD COMMAND ZAGREB REPORTS ON THE MASS KILLINGS IN BIHAĆ AND VELIKA KLADUŠA, ON THE KILLING OF CHILDREN AND THE BAN ON THE BURIALS OF THE KILLED.[1] ATTACHMENT 3[2] Field Command Zagreb Zagreb, January 30, 1942 I c, 34/42 conf. [idential] Confidential! Separate
No. 4
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE INSPECTION OF MASS GRAVES FROM PEĆIGRAD OF AUGUST 20, 1941, AFTER VISITING SEVERAL MASS GRAVES NEAR VELIKA KLADUŠA, WITH A PROPOSAL OF MEASURES TO PREVENT SPREAD OF INFECTION.[1] Translation. Confidential! Attachment 4[2] Subject: Hygienic conditions of graves in Velika Kladuša Strictly Confidential! District administration in
No. 5
ON AUGUST 29, 1941, THE DISTRICT CHIEF FROM VELIKA KLADUŠA SUBMITS TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF VELIKA KLADUŠA A FINDING ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE NEW GRAVES AND DEMANDS THAT THE PROPOSED MEASURES BE IMPLEMENTED MOST URGENTLY.[1] Independent State of Croatia District administration of Velika Kladuša Nr: 130/41 conf.
No. 6
THE REQUEST OF DUŠAN GROZDIĆ, A MERCHANT FROM BJELOVAR, TO THE GERMAN COMMANDER OF BELGRADE ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1941, FOR THE RECOVERY OF HIS VALUABLES AND THE MONEY TAKEN BY THE COMMANDER OF THE CAMP IN BJELOVAR, FROM WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN EXPELLED TO SERBIA.[1] To Mister
No. 7
ON OCTOBER 9, 1941, COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES POPOVIĆ INFORMS THE GERMAN COMMISSIONER FOR RELOCATION, SS MAJOR WEINMANN THAT THE USTASHA AUTHORITIES HAD RECENTLY KILLED ABOUT 500 SERBS ON THE STREETS OF SREMSKA MITROVICA.[1] EXTRAORDINARY PLENIPOTENTIARY COMMISSIONER FOR MIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION[2] Ustasha atrocities.[3] Nr. 16031 Belgrade, October 9, 1941 Dear
No. 8
STATEMENT OF JOVAN BELAJČIĆ FROM OSIJEK IN THE COMMISSARIAT FOR REFUGEES ON OCTOBER 9, 1941 ON THE DEPORTATION OF OSIJEK SERBS TO THE CAMP IN SLAVONSKA POŽEGA, FROM WHERE THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO SERBIA.[1] Translation Ustasha[2] MINUTES of October 9, 1941. Composed in the Office of the Extraordinary Commissioner for
No. 9
THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA MUSLIM LEADERS PUBLISHED IN SARAJEVO ON OCTOBER 12, 1941, BY WHICH THEY DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE POLICY OF THE USTASHA STATE, BECAUSE IT LEADS TO THE DOWNFALL OF CROATIAN MUSLIMS.[1] Translation from Croatian of the Resolution composed on 12./X. 1941 in Sarajevo by the most
No. 11
CAPTAIN HÖFFNER REPORTS ON NOVEMBER 5, 1941, THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A RESOLUTION FROM THE BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA MUSLIM LEADERS AND CONVEYS HIS OPINION ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTION, THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE MASS KILLINGS OF THE SERBS AND THE NEED FOR AUTONOMY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.[1] Arthur
No. 12
CAPTAIN HÖFFNER REPORTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GERMAN GENERAL IN ZAGREB ON NOVEMBER 10, 1941, ABOUT THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CROATIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE USTASHA UNITS, FAVOURITISM TOWARD THE USTASHAS, THEIR WEAK COMBAT CAPACITY AND THE USTASHA MASSACRES OF SERBS AS THE ONLY CAUSE OF THE UPRISING.[1] Arthur
No. 13
PROTEST LETTER BY THE MUSLIM LEADERS FROM BANJA LUKA TO TWO MUSLIM REPRESENTATIVES IN THE NDH GOVERNMENT ON NOVEMBER 12, 1941, IN WHICH THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MASSIVE KILLINGS AND LOOTING, THE PROSELYTISM OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WHICH ALSO THREATENS MUSLIMS, POINTING OUT THAT THE UPRISING WAS USED