Sajmište concentration camp (Serbian Cyrillic: Концентрациони логор Сајмиште, German: Semlin Judenlager, pronounced [sâjmiːʃtɛ]) was a German run Nazi concentration camp located on the outskirts of Belgrade, on the territory of the Independent State of Croatia (today Novi Beograd municipality of Belgrade, Serbia). It was established in December 1941 and shut down in September 1944. The majority of Serbian Jews were killed in the Sajmište camp.
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Sajmište concentration camp (Serbian Cyrillic: Концентрациони логор Сајмиште, German: Semlin Judenlager, pronounced [sâjmiːʃtɛ]) was a German run Nazi concentration camp located on the outskirts of Belgrade, on the territory of the Independent State of Croatia (today Novi Beograd municipality of Belgrade, Serbia). It was established in December 1941 and shut down in September 1944. The majority of Serbian Jews were killed in the Sajmište camp.
In 1941, Axis powers conquered Kingdom of Yugoslavia and dismantled its territory into several entities and puppet states. Belgrade became the capital of Serbia south of Sava and Danube, which was under formal rule of the government of Milan Nedić, but in fact administered by Nazi forces. The area of Srem (Syrmia), on the left bank of Sava river, came under control of Independent State of Croatia, while adjacent Banat was under direct German control. The occupiers sought to "solve" the Jewish question in Serbia. The initial plan was to expel...
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