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1942 raid in Novi Sad, one of the most notable war crimes during the Axis Occupation of Vojvodina, was the mass murder of the civilians, mostly of Serb, Jewish and Roma ethnicity, performed by the Hungarian Axis troops 1942 raid in southern Backa. After they were killed the civilians were thrown in the icy depths of mid-winter frozen Danube.
l number of civilians killed in the raid was 3,808, while places that were affected by the raid include Novi Sad, Becej, Vilovo, Gardinovci, Gospodinci, Đurdevo, Žabalj, Lok, Mošorin, Srbobran, Temerin, Titel, Curug, and Šajkaš.
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1942 raid in Novi Sad, one of the most notable war crimes during the Axis Occupation of Vojvodina, was the mass murder of the civilians, mostly of Serb, Jewish and Roma ethnicity, performed by the Hungarian Axis troops 1942 raid in southern Backa. After they were killed the civilians were thrown in the icy depths of mid-winter frozen Danube.
Casualties
Total number of civilians killed in the raid was 3,808, while places that were affected by the raid include Novi Sad, Becej, Vilovo, Gardinovci, Gospodinci, Đurdevo, Žabalj, Lok, Mošorin, Srbobran, Temerin, Titel, Curug, and Šajkaš. The victims included 2,578 ethnic Serbs, 1,068 Jews, 64 Roma, 31 Rusyns, 21 Hungarians, and 15 Russians.
The Cause and Initiators
From January 21st to January 23rd 1942, by the order of officers lieutenant-general Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeidner, major-general József Grassy, colonel László Deák and gendarmarie-captain Márton Zöldy numerous Serbian and Jewish civilians were murdered in the Backa region of Vojvodina. Serbian nationalist historian Zvonimir Golubovic in his book about the raid claimed that Horthy himself was aware of the raid and approved its being carried out, despite this was denied half a century ago, immediately after World War II. When Horthy later ordered investigation about the raid, the officers who had ordered the raid fled to Nazi Germany and returned only after the German Nazi regime occupied Hungary in 1944. They were executed after the war.
Aftermath
In 1943, the Hungarian leaders attempted to revive relations with western Allies, thus as part of such aims, Hungary organized a trial to several officers that were among those responsible for the raid. However, the officers were allowed to escape to Germany before their sentences were uttered, and no matter that court proved their guilt, their sentences were not uttered since they were not in the country. After the war, some of the individuals responsible for the raid were tried again by the new communist government of Hungary (which sentenced them to death or to life in prison) and again in Yugoslavia, where they were sentenced to death again, and executed. László Deák and Miklos Horthy, who were also among those responsible for the raid, were never convicted.
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