WAVE OF TERRORISM
Serbs Ruthlessly Shot
(Rec. 8.30) JERUSALEM, Aug. 15. Americans evacuated from Yugoslavia report a new wave of terrorism against the Serbs. They reveal ruthless shootings and destruction of Serbian property. More than 7000 Serbs were killed in one centre while the first day after Yugoslavia’s capitulation the Germans shot 1500 Serbs. Serbian villages northward of Belgrade were sacked and set on fire and the entire populations killed. Members of the Hungarian Minority also Hungarian troops participated. The Yugoslav guards whom the Germans placed in Serbia have been disarmed because the Germans suspect them of assisting the Serbs.
Berlin News Agency reports from Zagreb mention wholesale shootings in Bosnia as the result of a “mutiny” at a concentration camp. Two persons were shot at Sarajevo for distributing leaflets.
A London message says that M. Bazilek, general manager of Berg and Hutten steelworks in Czechoslovakia, one of the largest now working for Germany, committed suicide, reports “The Daily Express” correspondent. He was called to Berlin because the Gestapo found many acts of sabotage at the steelworks. As he was unable to explain them, Himmler held him responsible. Returning to the works, M. Bazilek went into the office and shot himself.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22043, 16 August 1941, Page 5
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