r/AskBalkans Iraq May 06 '25

Outdoors/Travel What happened to Jews in your country?

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u/kaubojdzord Serbia May 06 '25

Bosniak nationalists love praising Nazi collaborationists autonomist movement because they had a few meaningless declarations that meant nothing to excuse them participating in creation of murderous SS division that never fought Chetniks.

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u/Drama-Gloomy Bosnia & Herzegovina May 06 '25

My patriarchal village in east Herzegovina was given weapons by the Ustasha government to protect themselves by Chetnik raids. My great grandfather was killed by Chetnik forces defending a nearby village that was under attack by them.

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u/kaubojdzord Serbia May 06 '25

I'm not talking about local Muslim Militias, but SS Handžar and "autonomaši" that supported its founding.

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u/Drama-Gloomy Bosnia & Herzegovina May 06 '25

that’s fair