In the areas belonging to the Italian area of occupation in which German troops are located, he holds supreme military rights for all parts of the Wehrmacht insofar as it is demanded by Military tasks of the German Wehrmacht.
For the limits of the authority of the Commander-in-Chief Southeast, with respect to the "Plenipotentiary for the Reich for the Reich for Greece", see the enclosure.
V.) Instructions No. 31 of 9 June 1941 and OKW No. 5551743/42 Top Secret Chiefs of 13 October 1942 are hereby cancelled.
Signed Adolf Hitler Certified Correct:
(signature)
Freiherr von Buttler Colonel in the General Staff Distribution:
General Staff of the Army/Operations Department 1st Copy Organization 2nd Copy General of Engineers and Fortresses 3rd Copy Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the replacement Army 4th Copy Luftwaffe and Navy 5th Copy and 6th Copy Commander-in-Chief Southeast 7th Copy Commander-in-Chief South 8th Copy German General at the Headquarters of the Italian Wehrmacht 9th Copy And thereafter the copies went to the OKW, and the copy which we have is No. 10, which went to the Chief of OKW.
Then the enclosure, which bears at the top the words "Enclosure to No. 552273/42," which is the order number of the original order on page 171.
Limits of Authority of the "Plenipotentiary of the Reich for Greece" and the Commander-in Chief in the Southeast"
I.) The relations of the "Plenipotentiary the Reich for Greece" and the "Commander-in-Chief Southeast" between one another and toward the Greek government result from the following:
a) Fuehrer Decree of 28 April 1941 for the Plenipotentiary of Reich in Greece":
"1.) I appoint a 'Plenipotentiary of the Reich for Greece'. His office is in Athens.
2.) The Plenipotentiary of the Reich has to represent until formal diplomatic relations are taken up with Greece, the political, economical and cultural interest of the Reich in Greece with the new Greek government.
3.) The Plenipotentiary of the Reich has furthermore to establish the necessary contact with the Italian offices of occupation for the carrying out of his tasks."
And that is the order of quotation from decree of 28 April.
b) "The executive power is carried out by the Commander-in Chief Southeast in the areas occupied by German troops.
II.) The Commander-in-Chief Southeast has to support the Plenipotentiary of the Reich and to synchronize his own measures in Greece with the latter.
III.) The tasks in the political, economical and cultural sphere till as a rule devolve on the Plenipotentiary of the Reich.
The negotiations with the Greek government for the representation of interests of the Reich in the above mentioned sphere are incumbent on him.
The Plenipotentiary of the Reich in Greece informs the Commander-in-Chief Southeast about those questions of foreign policy, the knowledge of which is necessary for the carrying out of his military tasks.
IV.) In military instructions which may have reprecussions on foreign policy, the Commander-in-Chief Southeast has to reach a prior agreement with the Plenipotentiary of the Reich for Greece, insofar as the military situation will permit.
V.) The control of propaganda in Greece insofar as Germany is concerned is the task of the Foreign Office which cooperate for that purpose with the High Command of the Wehrmacht (WFSt/Wehrmacht Propaganda).
That concludes this book.
I would like to offer the pages which are at the end of Book VIII. Three copies for the Court, to be inserted at the end of Book VIII. Page 103-A and numbered Exhibit 215-A, for identification. Three or four copies for defense counsel, a copy for the interpreters, the stenographers and Major Hatfield. And this of course, is numbered, solely for the purposes of identification, as has been the rule before.
THE PRESIDENT: Have you given it an identification mark?
MR. DENNEY: Yes, Your Honor, it is to be marked 215-A, for identification, and is to be paginated page 103, A and B, for Document Book VIII; and in the German the pagination, I believe, will be, -- can you tell me the last page in the German Book VIII, Dr. Laternser, please?
DR. LATERNSER: 77
MR. DENNERY: In the German book it will be pages 77-A and B, I should like at this time, if defense counsel have no objections, to renew the offer of the balance of Exhibit 100-B, in evidence, the first part being the pictures which were submitted to defense counsel yesterday, and then some newspaper clippings, copies of placards that were posted, and then an affidavit by one George Kiessel. All of these are from the National Commission for the investigation of War Crimes of Yugoslavia.
DR. LATERNSER: Your Honors, I object as well against the submission of the pictures, as well as the record of the interrogation and the statement of George Kiessel.
First of all, regarding the pictures, I want to say this: Most of these pictures represent, undoubtedly, the killing of human beings. All countries know the death sentence according to legal procedure. In England, for instance, death sentences are, on principle, carried out by hanging, but even without a trial, according to International Law, the execution of a person may be carried out in the case of a reprisal; so this on this matter, Your Honor, I refer not only to the International Law, but also to the rules of your country which are laid down in the rules of Land Warfare, issued in Washington in the year 1940, you will find that they are expressly laid down, and this rule of the Surrogate, in see 58 B of this regulation, it says expressly: that for certain cases the killing of hostages is said to be admissible.
Your Honor I say this for the following reason. By the submission of pictures on which -- well the killing of human beings is represented, it cannot be proved that by the execution of these murders or killings a War Crime has been committed.
I will refer to the individual pictures in detail. These pictures are certainly not very beautiful. It is a great lack of tastefulness to make such pictures, but this lack of taste is not only committed by Germans.
In the Kesselring trial which took place before the British Court, the question arose also regarding such evidence. The Court, at that time only accepted in evidence photographs when witnesses could at the same time testify when the photograph was made, where it was made, and what it was supposed to represent.
In my opinion this principle should be taken into account by this Court.
Now to the individual pictures:
The Picture 2412 represents three persons hanged by the neck. It cannot be established, Your Honor, who has hanged these persons. It is known to me, and I maintain, that the inhabitants of the hinterland which were unwilling to follow the orders of the partisans, were hanged by Partisans.
I do not know either whether these persons have been hanged after a legal trial. I do not know either whether they were hanged within the framework of a reprisal admissible under International Law. For this reason I object to the submission of this photograph.
The photograph 2809 also represents an execution. It can only be submitted as proof of any illegal action if at the same time the prosecution proves that this execution did not take place after legal sentence, or not within the framework of a reprisal contrary to International Law. For this reason, I object to the submission of the Photograph 2809.
For the same reasons, Your Honor, I object to the photograph 2805. Here again there is a definite possibility that it was preceded by a legal trial. The same reasons also speak against the acceptance of a picture No. 2806.
Now as regards the photostat, No. Y103, in this case it is a placard or poster fixed on a wall that has been photographed. This poster contains no date, whatsoever but if a date is not established, the court will not be able to find out which of the defendants can be blamed for instance, for this poster.
Supposing, of course, that one can see in this poster, a commission of a war crime. For this reason, because of the lack of any definite data of this piece of evidence, I object to its submission.
Now let us turn to picture 889. Here again the picture can only be used if additionally it can be proven that this shooting did not take place after a legal trial, and not within the framework of a reprisal admissible in International Law.
The same reasons are applicable against the admission of picture 22, against picture 26, against picture 33, against picture 24, and photograph 32.
I also object to the submission of picture 2695. The picture represents a burning house. In the foreground German soldiers. What is to be proven by that?
First of all the picture does not show who set fire to this house. It does not show either whether the destruction of this house took place during combat. We all know that during war, many houses have been destroyed. Should this house - we will take the worst case have been set fire to by German soldiers, then a justification for the setting fire to this house may have been good. The justification of setting fire to this house, I also refer to the American Rules of Land Warfare, in which it says expressly that villages and houses from which hostile actions have been committed may be burned down.
This follows quite clearly from paragraph 358 (g) of the American Rules of Land Warfare. Accordingly, this picture, because it does not represent anything, must be refused.
The picture 995 represents the shooting apart from a thing that can be seen with any certainty in my view; I don't know what the original photograph looks like, or by whom this shooting was carried out. ... The prosecution handed the original to Dr. Laternser for his inspection ...
This picture can also only be used if the prosecution proves additionally that the shooting did not take place ..... legal trial, and not within the framework of a reprisal admissible under International Law.
Picture 149, shows dead persons. It would have to be proven who has killed these people; and when that has been proven, and if it turned out that the dead persons had been killed by Germans, then in addition to that, it would have to be proved what I have repeatedly said.
For the same reason, I also object to picture 161. It is from my copy hardly possible to say what it is supposed to represent.
For the same reasons, Picture 952 cannot be used.
Picture 1030 proves nothing at all. There are a various people on this photograph, and nothing proves that this is a picture of the Camp Savac.
DR. LATERNSER: Now, as regards the photostat No. "Y" I assume that there has been a wrong translation. I said that on this picture, 1030, a number of persons are shown. One can not see from this picture for what reason these persons have come together. It has just been pointed out to me that this may be a matter of a motor car race, and that the people may be spectators. The Tribunal will perhaps kindly look at it to consider its admissibility. Against Picture 953 I also object because on this picture only people who cannot be recognized are represented there. For instance, no German can be seen on this picture. For the same reasons I object to the submission of picture 954 in the appendix to it it is asserted that this woman, who is pictured on that photograph, has been hunted by the Germans to be shot while running. I want to draw the Tribunal's attention to the fact that opposite to the photographer's position there are presumably Germans. If these Germans had shot this woman, then the German who has taken the photograph would have been in great danger. Picture 147 further does not prove who has killed the dead persons. The soldiers pictured on this photograph--we can see the whole surroundings-don't carry any riffles. For the same reasons I object to the submission of Pictures 205 and 206. That, by no means, proves who has killed these people. Against the submission of Picture 204 I object because the picture does not prove anything. If this photo would be accepted, then any other photograph could also be accepted To Picture 861 I also object; to its submission, I also object for the same reasons as applied to the other pictures. I don't know whether the shooting took place after a legal trial, in the framework of an admissible reprisal. May I call the attention of the Tribunal to this. In the statement which is added it says that some of the victims gave some signs of life. It also says in this statement that this picture was made by a captured German soldier. That person who made this statement can not have found out more either than the person looking at this picture now; and from this it follows that the statement added to this picture was not made with the necessary care.
Those are the objections, Your Honors, against the submission of these pictures. I would like to justify my objections against the acceptance of the interrogation record of Kiessel. I object to this statement because this is not an affidavit. This statement was apparently made by Kiessel during his interrogation as a defendant. This statement of the witness Kiessel could be of considerable importance, and I want to point out that the Prosecution, in such cases, should be asked to present to the Court the best evidence available in every such case. And that in this case would be the witness himself.
MR. DENNEY: May it please, Your Honors, I would again like to turn to the original premise of the offer--the pictures, the affidavit, the photostatic copies of proclamations, and the phonostatic copies of newspaper excerpts--they are all official reports presented by the National Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes for Yugoslavia, and it is submitted that they are admissible, and they are to be given such porbative value as the Court determines.
DR. LATERNSER: May I say something quite briefly to this?
THE PRESIDENT: The ruling as expressed yesterday, as to 4a and 4b, 100a and 4a indicate our attitude as to the exhibits presented.
MR. JACOBSOHN (The Interpreter): Your key, Your Honor.
THE PRESIDENT: Repeating, the expression in this Tribunal in our ruling as to 100a and 4a, as expressed yesterday, indicate our attitude as to the exhibits here presented, and the objection will be over-ruled.
MR. DENNEY: These 24 pictures, Your Honor, are offered as part of Exhibit 100 (1 to 24), if that is agreeable.
THE PRESIDENT: Agreeable to the Tribunal.
MR. DENNEY: And then the excerpts from the newspaper and the affidavit, and the placards--the excerpts which start with the one for 5 August 1941--will be offered as 100b-25; and then the one starting out with the "Proclamation of the Population of Valjevo, and the Neighborhood," which is part of Document No. NOKW-1639, will be 100b-26, and then the affidavit of Kiessel, which is part of Document No. NOKW-1637, will be 100b-27. But it is suggested that they be inserted following a prior insert, which follows page 77, and the first picture will be 77p (p for Peter); and then it's submitted that we continue on through the alphabet, and then start out with double numbers.
THE PRESIDENT: Double letters.
MR. DENNEY: Double letters. Thank you Sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Do you propose to give some further attention to them?
MR. DENNEY: Yes, Your Honor.
THE PRESIDENT: Before you do that, it is now 3 o'clock, and we will now take our afternoon recess.
(The court recessed from 1500 to 1515)
THE MARSHALL: The tribunal is again in session.
THE PRESIDENT: You may proceed.
MR. DENNEY: With reference to the pictures, your honors, the sources which were given yesterday as being captured, that is being taken from German soldiers who were captured during combat, or delivered by Allied troops to the National Commission for the Investigation of Crime by these troops who had in turn found them on captured German soldiers, and the third source is confiscated originals from the German Administrative sub-area Headquarters in Belgrade. I don't think it is necessary to read the certificate on each one of them as to the Commission. However, I would like to read into the record a small portion of each of the caption, with reference to the Commission's findings.
The first picture in the group of pictures, which is 100b-1, picture No. 2412, investigation established that the picture represents the hanging of civilians in Serbia. The caption of this picture, written by the photographer, himself, shows that this incident occurred in the Spring of 1941. The caption of the picture reads, "Trees in Bloom in Serbia, Spring 1941."
100b-2, which is picture No. 2809, Investigation established that the picture represents the hanging of civilian population in the City of Pancevu-Voinodinje, 23 April 1941, a few days after the arrival of German troops in the city. And then, the printed material, rather the handwritten material which is photostated to the right of the picture, is dated Pancevu 23 April 1941, Reprisal for Four Murdered Comrades. Obviously, this is written by a German soldier and I believe it is to be fairly assumed that it either is in a letter or was affixed to the picture. 22 Hanged and 18 Shot to Death for Every German Soldier 10 Serbs; For every additional Soldier who was shot at the number of Serbs who will be hanged or shot to death is doubled.
Then the picture, which is 100b-3, picture No. 2805. Investigation established that the picture represents the hanging of the civilian population of the City of Pancevu Voinodinje, 23 April 1941, a few days after the arrival of German troops in the city and the handwritten part on the right, on the original, "A Roman owned a Restaurant, Secret passage went from there underneath the road to the Cemetery 200 meters, leading to a camp.
The German guards were shot to death from the Cemetary; all hanged persons were caught in the Cemetery."
Then 100b-4. This represents the same scene as the prior two pictures and therefore I won't read it. However, the writing at the right states, "After the ropes of the gallows had stretched the feet of hanged persons touched the ground, soldiers put a top hat on the Serb on the right", and it can be seen in the picture.
100b-5, which is a photostat of the placard; the translation of the placard is, "Confirmation Military Commander Serbia announces in the village of Skela a Communist band has fired on a German Wehrmacht vehicle. It has been established that certain village residents had the opportunity of notifying unobserved nearest Serbian Gendarmerie stations. It has been established that these village residents had the opportunity to notify German vehicles concerning the plot without being observed. They did not make use of this opportunity and consequently have sided with the criminals. The village of Skela has been leveled to the ground by fire. At that time ammunition exploded in some houses proving the complicity of the residents whose complicity has been proven were shot to death. 50 Communists were hanged on the spot." This photostat corresponds to the original of the German poster issued on 15 August and found in the burned out Archives of the German Administrative Headquarters in Belgrade under No. 559 and your Honors will recall from the evidence the incident which is cited.
The picture No. 889/920 which is 100b-6; the picture represented the scene from the mass shootings to death of hostages and civilians in the village of Skela in Mokva -, Serbia in 1941.
The picture No. 22218, 100b-7; The picture is one of MilovardProkeac who was hanged by the Germans in the main market of Belgrade on 17 August 1941.
The picture 24/1216, which is 100b-10 represents Belovir Jovanovic was hanged by the Germans in the main market of Belgrade on 17 August 1941.
The picture No. 32/1219 which is 100b-11 represents Radko Jeptic who was hanged by the Germans in the main market of Belgrade on 17 August 1941.
The picture which is numbered 2695/2209 which becomes 100b-12 represents the setting afire of the village in Bosnia in the year 1941 at the time of the penal exhibition.
The picture which is numbered 9995/5530 which is 100b-13 represents a scene of mass shooting to death of hostages and civilians by the Germans and of course of the penal exhibition in Sabac, Serbia in 1941.
The picture which is numbered 149-55, which is 100 -B-14, represents bodies of executed civilian population in the street of the city of Sabac. These people were killed by Germans in the course of a so-called penal expression on 21/22 August 1941.
The picture 161/567, which is 100-B-15, represents the burial in a common grave of the murdered civilian population in Sabac, who had been killed in the year 1941 by the Germans.
The picture 912/527, which is 100-B-16, represents the bodies of persons killed in Sabac, which were hanged on electric telephone poles on 21 and 22 August 1941.
The picture 1030/1075, which is 100-B-17, represents the camp in Sabac, Serbia, where the civilian population was collected toward the end of September 1941, and from there to be taken on a so-called death march for mass annihilation and mistreatment.
The picture marked 953/528, which is 100-B-18, investigation established that the picture represents a scene from the so-called death march in Sabac on 26 September 1941. The Germans forced these people to run for 30 kilometers. Those who stopped because they were tired were shot to death.
The picture which is numbered 954/529, which is 100-B-19, represents a scene from the death march in Sabac on 26 September 1941. The Germans chased this woman in order to shoot her to death while she ran, and then photographed the scene.
The picture which is 147/553, which is 100-B-20 represents the road along which the bloody march of Sabac, Siberia took place in September 1941. It is strewn with corpses killed by the German soldiers on that occasion. The dead came from the civilian population of the city of Sabac.
The picture 205/603, which is 100-B-21, represents mass shootings to death of civilians on 21 October 1941 in Sabac, Serbia, where the penal expedition executed more than 5,000 men and women.
And Your Honors, will recall the exhibits in the early part of Book III, which had to do with the Kragujevac retaliatory killings.
100-B-22, which is 306/604, represents a group of dead peasants, in the village of Marsec, near Kragujevac, who were killed by Germans on the 28 of October 1941, in the course of a penal expedition in Kragujevac. In the neighborhood on that occasion several thousands of civilians were executed. This refers to the same incident with reference to which the prior picture refers.
The picture which is numbered 204/604, which becomes Exhibit 100-B-23, represents a group of persons who were taken in Kragujevac for mass shootings to death on 21 October 1941, when the penal expedition of the German Wehrmacht executed more than 5,000 civilians.
The picture 861/997, which is 100-B-24, represents the mass shooting to death of the civilian population in the church of Vare-Skela near Sabac, in October 1944.
With your Honors permission I should like to withdraw the original and substitute photostatic copies, if agreeable with your Honors.
THE PRESIDENT: It is so ordered.
MR. DENNEY: Major Hatfield, I have indicated the exhibit numbers on the bottom, and I believe the set of photostats which I am giving you are the same, so if you will copy them off so I might have them back, at your convenience.
MAJOR HATFIELD: May I just keep the copy I have?
MR. DENNEY: Surely, if you have a copy very well. I did not know the copies were marked; we marked the originals, so if you will check them with your copy which you have marked and return them to me I will appreciate it.
And Your Honors attention is directed to Exhibit 85, and the succeeding and prior exhibits, with reference to the matter herein cited.
Then coming to the first of the three documents, -- the one which has at the top the identifying number, 100-B-25, which is an excerpt from the Novi list (Jeues Blatt) of 5 August 1941, reciting "The Communist Plague will be Rooted out."
In this instance I believe the first page will become 77(P). I believe Your Honors have copies of that, which came to Your Honors yesterday.
THE PRESIDENT: I have them; I trust my associates have.
My associates have indicated that they have these copies.
MR. DENNEY: Perhaps Your Honors would like to have a copy to follow. The first excerpt is from the Novi List ("Neues Blatt") 5 August 1941, "The Communist Plague will be Rooted Out."
"90 Serbian Communists were shot in Veliki Beckerek Belgrade, 4 August 41.
Under the heading "The Communist plague will be rooted out", the Belgrade newspaper "Novo Vreme" dated first instance published the following official report:
Because of criminal attempts of irresponsible Communist elements in Banat to sabotage the Nation's wheat supplies by fire, and because of treacherous assaults on members of the German Wehrmacht, which occurred recently, it has become necessary to take severe measures.
For this reason 90 known Communists from the Banat were shot on 31 July 1941 in Veliki Beckerek. It is again called to the attention of the population that it is to its own interest to cooperate actively with the authorities in fight against bolshevism."
The next page, which is 77 (Q), (for queen):
"Novi List (Neues Blatt), 19 August 1941
ONE SERBIAN VILLAGE LEVELED TO THE GROUND BECAUSE OF ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNISTS.
Belgrade, 18 August 1941 The Belgrade newspaper "Novo Vreme" of Saturday, the 16th publishes in large letters on the front page this communique of the Commander of the German Wehrmacht in Serbia:
In the locality of Skela a Communist band shot at a German Wehrmacht car. It has been ascertained, that several inhabitants of the locality had noticed the preparations for this attack. It has been ascertained, that the inhabitants were in the position to alert the Serbian Gendarmeria station located in the vicinity without danger of being observed. It was ascertained, that the inhabitants could have notified the German Wehrmacht car of the planned attack without endangering themselves at all. They did not take advantage of this opportunity and thus have sided with the criminals.
The locality of Skela was leveled to the ground by fire. On this occasion ammunition exploded in several houses. Thus the participation of the inhabitants has been proved.
Those male inhabitants of the locality, whose complicuty could be proved, were shot. 50 Communists were hanged on the spot.
And then the similarity between that and the placard which was the only placard among the pictures which have been offered, which was submitted so as to get no comment.
THE PRESIDENT: What page number did you give this?
MR. DENNEY: 77 (Q), for Queen, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you numbering them by following the alphabet down as you go?
MR. DENNEY: Yes, starting with "A" and then starting with double letters, double "A" and "B", etc., if that is agreeable with your Honors.
THE PRESIDENT: It is agreeable.
MR. DENNEY: Then 77(R), (for Roger), "The Communists sentenced in Sarajevo:"
Sarajevo, 18 August 1941 MIHAILO POPOVICI and SALOM AIBAHARI had to defend themselves before the Senate of the mobile summary court-martial because of Communist propaganda.
Through court proceedings it has been ascertained that the above-mentioned organized a Communist party and distributed pamphlets with Communist contents and thus the Senate of the mobile summarycourt-martial condemned them to death.
The punishment was carried out by shooting after a legal respite.
Next is 77s:
"Donauzeitung, 2nd September 1941 "Cruel Revenge, "Belgrade, 1 September 1941 "In the area of the district headquarters of Sajetschar seven Jews and Communists were shot.
"In the homes of a male and female teacher from Turija, who had been active as leaders of bandit groups, pictures of Stalin and other Communist leaders were found hanging on the walls. The houses were burned down, likewise the house of Popovitsch, Wujiza, from Turija, who together with his son Josef also participated in the bandit attack on Kutschewo.
"In addition seven more houses were burned, which are owed by members of bands."
77t is the translation sheet. 77u:
"Donauzeiting, 4 September 1941" With the caption "Fifty for One"."An authoritative source states:
This morning a German soldier was openly shot on a street in Belgrade. In retaliation for this cowardly assassination 50 Communist bandits were immediately shot."
77w:
"Novo Vreme (Neue Zeit), 16th September 1941 "Punishment for Common Murder "Belgrade, 15th September 41 "As penalty for a common murder of a German soldier 50 captured persons know to be Communists were shot."
77x:
"Novo Vreme (Neue Zeit), 25 September 1941 "Execution of Communist Leaders "Belgrade, 25 September 1941 "From an authoritative source it is stated that in the Banat villages Kumane, Melenci, and Mokrin ten Communists were shot on 6 September 1941 and hung up for 24 hours.
They were found to have been the instigators of Communist cruelties and acts of sabotage."
77y:
"Combat against the Communists in Serbia "12 Communists Were Shot as Reprisal Measures.
"Zagreb, 27 September 1941 "The Belgrade newspaper 'Novo Vreme' dated 27 September 1941 publishes the following report on the shooting of Communists in Serbia:
"As reprisal measures for sabotage acts on the railroad line Veliki Beckerek - Pancevo 12 Communists were shot and hanged within 24 hours.
"Zagreb, 29 September 1941 "In the Belgrade newspaper 'Novo Vreme' dated 27 September 1941 the combats of the Communist-Chetnik bands near Mladenovac with units of the public security were described:
"In this fight 15 Communists were killed and 15 caught alive. Thirty rifles and 5 machine guns were found. During the fight 2 persons of the units of the public security were killed and 8 wounded."
77z:
"Novi List (Neues Blatt) 23 October 1941 "200 Jews and Communists Were Shot in Belgrade "Zagreb, 22 October 1941 "The Belgrade newspaper 'Novo Vreme' dated 19 October 1941 publishes the following official report on the first page:
"On 17 October 1941 200 Communists and Jews were shot as reprisal measures for assaults from an ambush on two members of the German Wehrmacht in the streets of Belgrade."
77aa:
"Donauzeitung, 28 October 1941 "Communists Do Not Escape Retaliation "Belgrade, 27 October 1941 "A German sentry was attacked and wounded by Communists on the 15th of this month in Belgrade.
In retaliation for this malicious attempt at murder 50 Belgrade Communists were shot today."