Availing Conditions in Belgrade
20,000 KILLED BY GERMAN AIR RAIDS Received Monday, 12.20 a.m. LONDON, April 27. A special correspondent on the German frontier says eyewitnesses from Yugoslavia say that the air raids on Belgrade killed 20,000. Citizens of Belgrade now live hke animals. They have no electricity and no wate* supply. Thousands of rotting corpses are still strewn in the streets, repre senting a threat to the population who draw their water from the Danube. The Germans entered Belgrade on the 13th., filled their trucks with goods pillaged from the shops, then opened the gaols and photographed convicts while they were looting to provide themselves with Alibis. The Germans moved on and left only a small garrison which conscripted citizens aged 16 to 60 to clear the debris and collect the wounded and dead.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 99, 28 April 1941, Page 5
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135Availing Conditions in Belgrade Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 99, 28 April 1941, Page 5
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