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After the German invasion of Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941, the German occupying authorities established several concentration camps for Jews in Belgrade. The camps were mostly under the command of the German military, not the SS. One such camp, Banitza, was established in July 1941 at the military barracks of the same name. A second camp, Topovske Supe, was located in artillery warehouses and opened in August 1941. At Topovske Supe, the Germans executed Jewish prisoners as a reprisal measure: for every German killed, 100 Jews were executed, and for every German wounded, 50 Jews were killed. A third camp, called Semlin (Sajmiste in Serbo-Croatian), was opened in December 1941 on the grounds of the Belgrade International Fair. At Semlin, systematic shootings eliminated most of the male Jewish prisoners, leaving female prisoners and children in the camp. In the first quarter of 1942, a large, specially equipped van was put at the disposal of the Semlin camp commandant. Approximately 100 women and children were forced into the van and murdered by gassing. Their bodies were buried in mass graves in the village of Avala, about 10 kilometers (six miles) southeast of Belgrade.The gas van made its last trip on May 10, 1942. On June 8, 1942, German army officers reported that Belgrade was empty of Jews. Used when there were two or more localities with the same name and the specific locality could not be determined. (en-US)

Fonte

Loker, Zvi, ed., Pinkas ha-kehilot. Yugoslavyah: entsiklopedyah shel ha-yishuvim ha-Yehudiyim le-min hivasdam ve- `ad le- ahar Sho'at Milhemet ha- `olam ha-sheniyah. Yerushalayim: Yad va-shem rashut ha-zikaron la-Sho'ah vela-gevurah, 1988. p. 79

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• Serbia (Jugoslavia : Province)