HIMMLER'S BOSNIAN DIVISION C The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943-1945 GEORGE LEPRE Schiffer Military History Atglen, PA Acknowledgments The Lepre Family, The Reinert Family, Philip W. Logan. Mark C. Yerger, Jess Lukens, Hendrik Pott, Emilie and Walter, Library Staff, Rutgers University, Newark (Wanda Guweinowski and Ka-Neng Au), Professor Günther Kurt Piehler, Professor Taras Hunczak Services Culturels Francais, New York, Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt der Bundeswehr (Obstlt. Fuss), Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, Freiburg i, B. (Herr Meyer), Imperial War Museum, London, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna (Dr. Erich Gabriel), City of Villefranche de Rouergue, Embassy of Yugoslavia, Military Attache (Col. Mihailović), Vojnoistorijski Institut, Belgrade (Capt. Dr. Radivoje Jovadžić), Alfred Kreutz, Timur Čerkez, Sadmir Šehović, Robert Bedić, Otto Kumm, Willi Gottenströtter (t), Richard Landwehr, Markus Erti, Artur Silgailis, Sepp Mezulanik, Michael Arton, U.K., Suszanne Dozier, Azem Mulić, Rudolf Pencz, Martin van Dijken, Kurt Imhoff, Sts. Cyril & Methodius Church, New York (Helen Dugandžić and staff), New York Public Library Slavic Studies Division (Tonya Gizdavčić), Fredrick L. Clemens. Book Design by Robert Biondi. Copyright © 1997 by George Lepre. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 96-69809. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any forms or by any means - graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or information storage and retrieval systems - without written permission from the copyright holder. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 0-7643-0134-9 We are interested in hearing from authors with book ideas on related topics. Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road Atglen, PA 19310 Phone: (610) 593-1777 FAX: (610) 593-2002 E-mail:
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