THE IRON HEEL
SERBIAN HOSTAGES THOUSANDS EXECUTED REPRISALS SUGGESTED (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 26. The execution of hostages has nowhere reached such proportions as in occupied Serbia, according to a statement by the Jugoslav Prime Minister, General Simovich. Newspapers in Belgrade revealed that 2100 citizens were shot at Shabac, 2540 at Kraljevo, and 2300 at Belgrade, and it is now known that 4576 were executed at Kragujevic reprisal for the killing of 26 German soldiers. " The martyrdom of the Serbs evokes deep compassion in every man bred in the spirit of Christian civilisation," General Simovich said, " but it is questionable whether condemnation by public opinion is enough to make 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."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24776, 28 November 1941, Page 5
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