Лице и наличје окупације – случај немачког команданта града Прокупља капетана Ханса Вајцера
Obverse and Reverse of Occupation – Case of Captain Hans Weitzer the German Commander of Prokuplje Town
Author(s): Darko ŽarićSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Military history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Hans Weisser; Prokuplje; Partisans; German Army; Bulgarian Army; Chetniks; German commander; Milan Nedić;
Summary/Abstract: German occupation regime in Serbia in WWII appointed Captain Hans Weitzer to act as commander of south Serbian town of Prokuplje. His duty was to control work of occupation apparatus of Bulgarian military and police authorities of local Serbian quisling regime led by General Milan Nedić. Weitzer represented supreme authority and he could order or prevent enforcement of any represive measure aimed at local population. He could also order certain persons or groups to be arested. He executed his authorities opposite to his collegues elsewhere in occupied Serbia. He actually tried in every possible way to protect local population from Bulgarian as well quisling represion. After withdrawl of German occupation forces from Serbia he remained to live in Prokuplje for one year as free person. After return to his hometown Vienna he was assassined under misterious circumstances.
Journal: Vojnoistorijski glasnik
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 227-234
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Serbian