It is (a)live! After 4 years of this translation sitting on the drive and causing 3 book(let)s to be translated and published before it came out (and at least another 1-2 still to come), the book that got us into translating and publishing is LIVE!
Jews from Senta, Serbia (1941-1944 under special administration by local German population), photographed on their way to perform forced labour. Roughly May 1941.
Courtesy of Museum of Yugoslavia.🔽
Inv. No. 7746
A group of Jews listening to their work orders, Senta, Serbia (1941-1944 under special administration by local German population). Roughly May 1941.
Courtesy of Museum of Yugoslavia.
Inv. No. 7747
Jews being used as forced labour to clean streets, Senta, Serbia (1941-1944 under special administration by local German population). Roughly May 1941.
Due to one French soldier lack of attention, on the 18th August 1917 there was a great fire in Thessaloniki, which lasted several days, destroyed a large part of the town and brought out many human victims and enormous material damage. 🔽vimeo.com/231803848
Almost a year before this incident, the Film department of the Serbian army was founded and in this fire the newly acquired laboratory for film development from Italy was destroyed. In return, the cinematographer of the department, 🔽
Colonel Mika Mihajlović Afrika, recorded all details of this event – soldiers and civilians on the beach, panoramic shot of the town without any indication of the ongoing drama, gradual spreading of the black smoke that covered the town, 🔽
Domobrans who switched sides and joined the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia at Tovarnik in #Srem, April 1944. E-19/1
Courtesy of the Museum of #Yugoslavia.
Tran. note: Domobrans were the regular army of the Independent State of #Croatia. 🔽
#WW2
Inv. no. 10951
Arrival of Domobrans from Sremska Mitrovica, who were met on the free territory, above Veliki Radinci by Milivoj Savić "Triva" (riding the white horse), head of the provisioning section and Dimitrije Šešerinac "Gedža", 🔽
head of the intelligence section of the #Vojvodina Main Headquarters, 1944. [most likely September 1944]
Courtesy of the Museum of #Yugoslavia.
Tran. note: Domobrans were the regular army of the Independent State of #Croatia.
Austro-Hungarian propaganda poster after the occupation of #Belgrade in 1915:
With a bleeding heart, we hereby announce this incredibly sad news about the unmourned loss of our dearly beloved son
BELGRADE
who, after many months of a difficult disease has, due to overgorging on #Austrian canister shot, grenades and bullets, passed into the better, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The mortal remains of the unforgettable decedent will not be laid to eternal rest, but will wake up to a new and better life under the administration of #Austria-#Hungary.
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Kulturbund (Schwäbisch-Deutscher Kulturbund) was a #German society in the Kingdom of #Yugoslavia founded in 1920 in Novi Sad, which was taken over by pro-#Nazi elements in the 1930s. Acted as fifth column during the April War in 1941 and collaborators during the occupation👇
Inv. no. 7587
An enemy formation of the Kulturbund in Odžaci (#Serbia), 1941. Photo from the NOP museum in Novi Sad, sig. neg. A-216/6
#WW2 #WWII
Inv. no. 7588
An enemy formation of the Kulturbund in Odžaci (#Serbia), 1941. #Photo from the NOP museum in Novi Sad, sig. neg. A-216/5.
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The majority of #Slovenia was annexed by Germany during #WWII (with smaller parts going to Italy and Hungary), where they instituted a policy of forced resettlement/exile of thousands of Slovenians. Entire families were resettled to #German-occupied #Serbia.
#history #WWII
Inventory number 13711
A group of interned #Slovenians in Gornji Milanovac, summer of 1941.
#Photo courtesy of the Museum of #Yugoslavia, #Belgrade.
#history #WWII
Inventory number 13712
#Slovenian exiles in Vrnjačka Banja in the summer of 1941.
#Photo courtesy of the Museum of #Yugoslavia, #Belgrade.