File:Pančevo executions aftermath.jpg

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English: The action was carried out as part of the Pančevo executions, on orders from the city commander, Lieutenant Colonel von Bandelow, in reprisal for the killing of 4 German soldiers by civilians on 18 April 1941. Altogether 22 civilians were hanged in the cemetery, while 18 more were publicly shot against the cemetery wall by troops with the "Grossdeutschland" regiment.
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Author United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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The bodies of Serb civilians shot by German troops lie next to the wall of the Pancevo city cemetery

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23 April 1941

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