Represija kao sistem - Logori u okupiranoj Srbiji 1941-1945.
Repression as the System - Prison Camps in occupied Serbia from 1941 to 1945

Summary/Abstract: German camps in the occupied Serbia were the backbone of the repressive system of occupation. The creation of the network of camps begun after the attack of the Third Reich on the USSR, and was largely completed in July 1942. It included five main camps, two of which in Belgrade (Banjica and Sajmište), than in Niš, Sabac, and Veliki Bečkerek. The basic intent of camps was isolation, torture and (or) extermination of real and potential opponents, as well as ethnicities (Jews and partially Roma). Prisoners based a pool of hostages used for mass retaliations for losses in fight against the uprising. They were also a pool of workforce. Starting from May 1942, German camps in Serbia were connected with the Croatian concentration camps. The camp in Belgrade sajmište was a central German camp in Serbia and also in Southeastern Europe. Camps in the occupied Serbia should not be called concentration camps, as they played a role of a subsystem in the European system of German camps (work camps, concentration camps and death camps). The issue of number and structure of the inmates of German camps in Serbia was not resolved so far and calls for a systematic and thorough reassessment.

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