The largest execution site in occupied Serbia - around 80,000 shot.
Jajinci near Belgrade was the main site for the execution of prisoners during the German occupation of Serbia.
Scale
Between 1941 and 1944, an estimated 70,000-80,000 people were shot at Jajinci - communists, patriots, Jews, Roma and hostages.
Reprisals
The Germans applied the rule: 100 Serbs for every German killed, 50 Serbs for every German wounded. Mass shootings of hostages became a daily occurrence.
Remembrance
Today Jajinci is a memorial park with a monument and mass graves.
Sources
Milan Koljanin: Nemački logor na Beogradskom sajmištu
Vojnoistorijski institut
Vojnoistorijski institut
Location
Memorijalni park Jajinci
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