From: pshane@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Ana M. Shane)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.yugoslavia
Subject: Hitler's plan realized
Summary: A decision made by Hitler on April 12, 1941, has been finally 
         realized
Keywords: yugoslavia, partition, destruction
Date: 21 Dec 92 08:04:30 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


IN 1941 HITLER PARTITIONED YUGOSLAVIA; IN 1991 GERMANY WAS FIRST ALSO

On April 12, 1941 Hitler made a decision about partitioning Yugoslavia
by giving some of its territories to the countries which, together
with the Third Reich, occupied Yugoslavia. The goals of this partition
were: liquidation of Yugoslavia as a country at the time and in the
future, as well as an attempt to stop united resistance of Yugoslav
peoples against the occupying forces. The decision about partitioning
of Yugoslavia was dubbed "Temporary Directives". The decision outlined
the details of the partition:

- Slovenian parts of Donja Shtajerska, Gorenjsko and a part of Korushka
were annexed to the Third Reich;

- Serbia within the 1912 borders (before the battle of Kumanovo), stayed
under the German occupying administration, i.e. under the German command
for Serbia. However, the Gnjilane, as well as Pirot, Vranje and Zajechar
"okrug"s were annexed to Bulgaria;

- Banat stayed under the German occupying military command, which was 
unique for Serbia and Banat. The representative of the German occupying
government in Banat was  "Kreisskommande" in Petrovgrad (Zrenjanin);

- Bachka, Baranja, Medjumurje and Prekomurje were under the Hungarian
occupation, and on December 16, 1941 annexed to Hungary;

- the territories of Croatia, Slavonia, Srem and Bosnia and Herzegovina
became parts of the new puppet regime, Independent State of Croatia
(NDH - Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska). Germany had appointed a German general
as an advisor in the NDH, and as a liaison between German and Croatian
military forces;

- the territory of Macedonia (except its western parts which were occupied
by Italy and annexed to the Great Albania), as well as the aforementioned
eastern parts of Serbia, were annexed to Bulgaria;

- the territories of Notranjsko, Dolenjsko with Ljubljana, Sushak with
the islands of the Croatian coast, except for the Island of Pag
("The province of Rijeka"), Dalmatia from Split to Novigrad including the
corridor to Zrmanja river and the islands of the coast except Brach and
Hvar ("The province of Split"), as well as the Boka Kotorska area, were
annexed to Italy. All of these provinces had one government, the so called
Dalmatian Gubernatory. These territories constituted the so called
"Zone I", in which Italy had all the military and civilian jurisdictions.

- the territories of Croatian Primorje including the islands of Pag, Brach and
Hvar as well as the territories behind the "Zone I" were part of NDH and were
dubbed "Zone II" in which Italy had military and NDH civilian jurisdiction;

- the territory of Kosovo and Metohija (except Trepca and the counties of
Zvechane, Lap and Vuchitrn which were under the German military command)
was occupied by Italy and annexed to the Greater Albania. A part of the
Gnjilane county, Kachanik and Vitina were occupied by Bulgaria.

- the territory of Montenegro (Crna Gora) was annexed to Italy.


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from: Jasha Romano, "The Jews of Yugoslavia, 1941-1945", pp 55-56
      Jewish Historical Museum - Belgrade, 1980.
(translation Ana M. Shane)
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  With hopes for peace

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