SAJMIŠTE — AN EXTERMINATION CAMP IN SERBIA
German army reprisals against the local Serbian population's resistance to the Occupation, between August and December 1941, were used by the army as an excuse to murder the Jewish men of Serbia. Jewish women and children (8000–9000) were then interned in Sajmište, a concentration camp establis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1987
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1987, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 243-260 |
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| Summary: | German army reprisals against the local Serbian population's resistance to the Occupation, between August and December 1941, were used by the army as an excuse to murder the Jewish men of Serbia. Jewish women and children (8000–9000) were then interned in Sajmište, a concentration camp established at the site of an abandoned exhibition ground on the outskirts of Belgrade After seeking RSHA aid to deal with these Jews, the local German administration received a gas van with which it murdered the Jews, from March to May 1942 This is the only known instance of on-the-spot gassing outside of Eastern Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/2.2.243 |