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Šabac 1941 - The First Application of the "Rule of 100 for 1" in Occupied Serbia (4 October 1941, before Kraljevo and Kragujevac)

4 October 1941 - General Franz Böhme issues the order: "For every German soldier killed - shoot 100 Serbian hostages." This is the FIRST order of the "rule of 100 for 1" in occupied Serbia. 5 October…

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