General SS i policije August Majsner i srpski sistem bezbednosti 1942–1943
SS And Police General August Meisner And The Serbain Security System 1942-1943

Summary/Abstract: Article provides the details on the influence of the German SS and Police Gen- eral August Meisner for the Serbian Security system during the period of the 1942-1943. Special note was given to the Meisner’s role on creation of the Serbian State Guard and disbandment of the national Chetnik forces, which were in the structure oft eh General Nedic’s government. The article describes the way how Meisner overtook the responsi- bilities of the Serbian Ministry of Interior, and created the new structure: Chief of the Serbian State Security. That position was overtaken by mayor of the Belgrade and high- ranking police officer Dragi Jovanovic. After a period of year an half, Meisner influence in Serbian security affairs was reduced, after General Nedic’s visit to Furher, and influ- ence of the newly appointed representative of the German Foreign Ministry, Herman Neubacher. In late 1943, Meisner have left occupied Serbia, and the harsh system of the German reprisals introduced after the uprising in autumn 1941, was relaxed.

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