SERBS’ MARTYRDOM
THOUSANDS MASSACRED REPRISALS BY GERMANS (Reed. Nov. 28, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 27. The execution of hostages is nowhere of such proportions as in occupied Serbia, says General Simovich, the Yugoslav Prime Minister, in a statement. The newspapers in Belgrade reveal that 2100 citizens were shot at Shabac, 2540 at Kraljevo and 2300 at Belgrade. It was now known that 4576 were executed at Kragujevic as a reprisal for the killing of 26 German soldiers. General Simovich said that the martyrdom of the Serbs evoked deep compassion in every man bred in the spirit of Christian civilisation, but it was questionable whether condemnation by public opinion was enough to rake the Germans discontinue the butchery of innocent Serbs. “The threat of reprisals would have a far greater effect. If such assistance is not given without delay, Serbian towns and even Belgrade will become heaps of rubble and our finest representatives shot as hostages,” he added.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 28 November 1941, Page 5
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