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http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection RG-49.008M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Finding Aid RG-49 Former Yugoslavia RG-49.008M Acc. 2007.278 Title: Selected Records from the Military Historical Institute of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbia (MHIGSAFS) on the German Zone of Occupation of the Former Yugoslavia, 1941-1944. Extent: 18 microfilm reels Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project Division received the collection from the Archives of the Military Historical Institute, Belgrade in Sep.2007. Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access. Restrictions on use: Permission for reproduction or duplication for other archives is required from the source archive. Organization and arrangement: Arrangement is thematic Language: German, Serbian, and Slovenian Preferred citation: Standard citation for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Division, Archives Branch. Scope and content: The collection contains records relating to the German Zone of occupation of the former Yugoslavia. This collection includes correspondence of the German occupation authorities regarding arrests, persecution and reprisals against Jews, Roma, members of partisan and antifascist movements, communists and the civilian population. The documents refer mainly to occupied Serbia, but also include parts of Croatia. The collection includes a complete copy of Nuremberg Trial VII. Inventory: Reel 1: Box 1, Folder 2, Document 3: Intelligence Service. OKW prescribes direction for propaganda against Yugoslavia, mostly against Serbs. March 3rd 1941. Selected Records from the Military Historical Institute of General Staff of the Arm Forces of Serbia (MHIGSAFS) on the German Zone of occupation of the former Yugoslavia, 1941-1944. 1 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection RG-49.008M Box 1A, Folder 15, Document 4: SE Army Command. Hitler’s letter explaining order to shoot partisans, not to use them for forced labor. October 18th 1941 Box 1A, Folder 15, Document 13: SE Army Command. Orders for the reprisal shooting of 400 hostages at Zajecar and 100 at Jelasnica. October 23rd, 1942 Box 1A, Folder 15, Document 22: OKW Operations. General Kebler’s order on terrorist manner of fighting rebels. March 3rd, 1944 Box 2, Folder 1, Document 1: SE Army Command. Orders for breaking up the uprising in Serbia and for reprisals. September 5th, 1941 Box 2, Folder 2, Document 13: SE Army Command. Report on the reprisal shooting of 450 people at Leskovac. September 2nd, 1945 Box 2, Folder 2, Document 16: SE Army Command. Daily report on fighting and German crimes in Serbia. October 4th, 1943 Box 2, Folder 2, Document 21: SE Army Command. Reprisal shooting of 500 at Zajecar. October 23rd, 1943 Box 2, Folder 2, Document 27: SE Army Command. Reprisal shooting of 150 at Takija. Box 2, Folder 2, Document 28: SE Army Command. Reprisal shooting of 300 at Zajecar. November 26th, 1943 Box 2, Folder 2, Document 31: SE Army Command. New order from Hitler on reprisal measures in occupied territories. December 22nd, 1943 Box 2, Folder 2, Document 36: SE Army Command. Document regulates authority for command over and execution of reprisal measures in occupied territories. Box 2, Folder 3, Document 2/1-3: Serbia command. Instruction for cemetery services. Box 2A, Folder 12, Document 14: SE Army Command. Orders for breaking up the uprising in Serbia and for reprisals. September 5th, 1941 Box 2A, Folder 13, Document 2: Territorial Commander of Serbia. Data on fighting and German crimes. Box 2A, Folder 13, Document 3: Territorial Commander of Serbia. Data on fighting and German crimes. Box 2A, Folder 13, Document 5: German General Zagreb. Data on reprisal shooting in NDH (Independent State of Croatia). August 10th, 1941 Selected Records from the Military Historical Institute of General Staff of the Arm Forces of Serbia (MHIGSAFS) on the German Zone of occupation of the former Yugoslavia, 1941-1944. 2 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection RG-49.008M Box 2A, Folder 13, Document 7: Territorial Commander of Serbia. Data on fighting an German crimes. Box 2A, Folder 13, Document 10: SE Army Command. Data on the rights and responsibilities of the SE command. November 30th, 1941 Box 2A, Folder 13, Document 17: Territorial Commander of Serbia. Radio reports on fighting and German crimes. Box 2A, Folder 13, Document 18: Territorial Commander of Serbia. Radio reports on fighting and German crimes. Box 2A, Folder 14, Document 2: SE Army Command. Instructions on fighting partisans. Reprisals and crimes against civilians and fighters. March 19th, 1942 Box 2A, Folder 14, Document 3: SE Army Command. SE Army command accepts the proposal by the Commander of Serbia: partisan POWs should not be set to Norway for forced labor, rather they should be executed. March 22nd, 1942 Box 2A, Folder 14, Document 9: Personnel. Turner reports to the Commander of SE on the strength (size) of customs units (German and Serbian) in Serbia. SE Army Command (Military Administrator of Serbia). Turner situation report on Serbia and the role of the Military Administrator. August 29th, 1942 Box 2A, Folder 15, Document 3: SE Army Command. Order regulating POW procedures, transport to German reprisals, and evacuation of males aged 15 to 50. August 8th, 1942. Box 2A, Folder 15, Documents 5-7: SE Army Command. Orders for reprisal shootings of 400 people at Stragar, 450 people at Leskovac, and 160 at Bela Crkva. September 2nd, 1942 Box 2A, Folder 15, Document 8: SE Army Command. Orders for the reprisal shooting of 435 people in SW Serbia. September 9th, 1943 Box 2A, Folder 15, Document 20: SE Army Command. Prescribes reprisal measure for the populace. July 14th, 1943 Box 2A, Folder 16, Document 2: SE Army Command. Talks with German officer Maissner about the Zemun concentration camp remaining open for prisoners. January 7th, 1944 Box 5, Folder 2, Document 31: Second Tank Army, Personnel. Daily order number 2: Relations with Italians, graveyard officers to be given cameras. November 3rd, 1943 Selected Records from the Military Historical Institute of General Staff of the Arm Forces of Serbia (MHIGSAFS) on the German Zone of occupation of the former Yugoslavia, 1941-1944. 3 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection RG-49.008M Box 5, Folder 9, Document 18: 1st SS Armored Army, Operations. Order stating that only Spec. Police in Adriatic Sea Belt can arrest foreigners and Jews. October 7th, 1943. Box 5, Folder 12, Document 22: Daily report on fighting at Deboar and Derventa as well as German crimes. November 26th, 1943 Box 5, Folder 12, Document 26: Daily report on fighting in Bosnia, Srem, Slovenia, as well as German crimes. December 4th, 1943. Box 5, Folder 12, Document 30: Secret Police Group 9. Report on the number of people arrested in February 1944. February 26th, 1944. Box 5, Folder 12, Document 32: Second Armored Army, Operations. Excerpts from daily reports on various units and fighting and German crimes. October 19th, 1943. Box 5A, Folder 18, Document 10: Report 1/724 unit killed 165 citizens at Uzice. Box 5A, Folder 18, Document 13: Serbia Command. Parts of telegraph reports including the number of people shot. Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 1: 11th Army Group. Order number 1 on establishing order in Yugoslavia, including taking and shooting hostages if the population resists. April 27th, 1941 Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 13: 18th AK, Operations. Excerpts about German crimes in Serbia in 1941. Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 11: Instructions from the Commander of SE Army on the treatment of the civilian populations in occupied region, specifically in locations where there are attacks on Germans. October 4th, 1941 Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 12: Short excerpts from daily reports on fighting and crimes in Serbia. Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 26: Order to surround and burn the village of Grabovac. August 19, 1941 Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 28: Order to cleanse Sava-Cer region amd deport all males 14 years and older to camp. September 18th, 1941 Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 19: Serbia Command. Sabac camp count 16445, 1000 shot so far, interrogation in progress. Selected Records from the Military Historical Institute of General Staff of the Arm Forces of Serbia (MHIGSAFS) on the German Zone of occupation of the former Yugoslavia, 1941-1944. 4 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection RG-49.008M Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 34 to 35: Serbia Command. Orders to arrest 700 people in Belgrade as hostages on November 4th, to then be placed in Dedinje camp. November 1st, 1941 Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 16: 342, Operations. Report of Macva region fighting. All males ages 14 to 70 were sent to concentration camps. 233 communists from the camp were shot. October 15th, 1941 Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 30: Report on Belgrade bomb attack on German guards and the shooting of 50 hostages. October 16th, 1941 Box 6A, Folder 17, Document 39: excerpts from war diaries 10-1/41 Serbia fighting, losses, war crimes. March 8th, 1942 Box 6A, Folder 19, Document 1: Instructions for fighting partisans, propaganda, reprisals. September 23rd, 1943 Box 6A, Folder 19, Document 7: 69th Reserve Corps. Excerpts from war diaries about fighting, losses, and war crimes. December 7th, 1943 Box 6A, Folder 19, Document 8: Procedures for defected partisans, POWs, and hostages. December 19th, 1943 Box 6A, Folder 19, Document 14: Excerpts from war diaries on partisan strength and new regulations on the shooting of hostages.