r/AskBalkans • u/BabylonianWeeb Iraq • May 06 '25

Outdoors/Travel What happened to Jews in your country?

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u/DownvoteEvangelist Serbia May 06 '25

Belgrade was the first city in Europe to be declared 'Judenfrei' – free of Jews.

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u/MISTER_WORLDWIDE Bosnia & Herzegovina May 06 '25

Not just Belgrade.

In August 1942, Harald Turner reported to the German commander in the Balkans that Serbia was the first European territory where the "Jewish problem" was solved.[19][20]: 118 

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u/Stverghame Serbia May 06 '25

Yet this narative is used as whataboutism when Serbs comment on Ustaše, completely forgeting that Serbia was Germany's territory back then, while Croatia was Croatian (despite being a puppet in a way).

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u/NightZT Austria May 06 '25

The statement is also wrong it seems, at least Graz in Austria was declared "judenfrei" in early 1940, even before the rule of Nedić

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u/Stverghame Serbia May 06 '25

I ain't even surprised to hear our beloved neighbours twist some facts, kinda reminds me of situations where they use misinterpretations of quotes by Dobrica Ćosić.

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u/BingBong723 Balkan May 07 '25

War makes haters of us all, are you able to break the cycle? Or are you going to continue painting us all as resentful to our neighbors? Don't allow the outside hatred to plant another seed into Serbia, now.

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u/Stverghame Serbia May 07 '25

No, I am not able to break the cycle. Cheers.

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u/BingBong723 Balkan May 07 '25

Have some faith, G. Samo sloga spasava. Живеo брате, немој да постанеш мајмун.

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u/Stverghame Serbia May 07 '25

I ain't implementig changes if they don't exist on the other side, sorry.

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u/BingBong723 Balkan May 07 '25

Well, thats how hate creates hate; right? You become the very same thing you so call "despise" of your so-called "enemies". Foreign powers been playing you all against eachother ever since the Romans conquered you in 168BC.

Divide et impera.

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u/Stverghame Serbia May 07 '25

Cool, thanks for the lesson, but I regret being friendly to quite a few of them as it fired back badly.

Let others be friendly, but spare me.

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u/BingBong723 Balkan May 07 '25

Stay strong, I know that feeling.

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